The Board denied service connection for a right elbow condition due to lack of evidence. The issues of service connection for left elbow and left index and little finger numbness and tingling are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis associated with his right elbow, and the preponderance of the evidence is against finding that any current disability is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow condition, Left elbow condition, Left index and little finger numbness and tingling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19108330
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,893 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied readjudication of the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, aphthous ulcers, a right elbow condition, an enlarged prostate, a right ankle disorder, and a left ankle disorder as no new and relevant evidence was received.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of October 1, 1997, for the award of service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right foot. The motion for revision or reversal on the basis of CUE of a December 1997 rating decision that denied service connection for a right foot GSW was dismissed. An earlier effective date for service connection for radiculopathy of the RLE with femoral nerve impairment (claimed as right leg nerve condition) and entitlement to service connection for a right knee, hip, or elbow condition were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a heart condition, and left and right knee conditions to obtain additional evidence.
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