The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left arm tingling, right arm tingling, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression) due to incomplete records and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the duty to assist was not fulfilled as there were unassociated medical records that needed to be obtained and reviewed.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm tingling, right arm tingling, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19183335
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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.
What you can do next
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