The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for an examination and medical opinion to determine if he has a current or previously-diagnosed left arm disorder, including cervical radiculopathy, and whether it is related to his service-connected neck disorder.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to an inaccurate factual premise in the previous examiner’s opinion regarding the Veteran's cervical spine degenerative disc disease diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm disorder, cervical radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19182164
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for an increased rating for the left shoulder disorder, service connection for a cervical spine disorder, service connection for a right arm disorder, and service connection for a left arm disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability and denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for a cervical spine disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple disorders, including left and right knee disorders, hypertension, left hand, foot, leg, and arm disorders, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or a nexus to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the petition to readjudicate the claim for service connection for a left arm disorder, to include as pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151, based on new and relevant evidence presented at an August 2025 hearing.
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