The Board has decided that the Veteran's right elbow disability may be related to service, but needs further examination and evidence to determine this definitively. The issue of secondary service connection for her right shoulder disability is also pending.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to establish whether the Veteran's current right elbow disabilities are directly related to her active duty service or if they are aggravated by her service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow lateral and medial epicondylitis, olecranon bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18153648
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2021, for the grant of service connection for right elbow disability and initial ratings of 30 percent and 40 percent for right upper extremity radiculopathy and left upper extremity radiculopathy, respectively.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection and higher ratings were mixed. Some issues were denied, some granted, and others remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right elbow lateral and medial epicondylitis and right cubital tunnel ulnar nerve impingement, finding that these conditions are related to his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The claim for service connection for right elbow disability is being remanded due to the need for separate opinions addressing each condition of the right elbow diagnosed during the claim period.
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