The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further action on several issues, including service connection claims and evaluations of various conditions. The July 2003 rating decision denying service connection for residuals of a right brachial plexus injury was not found to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
The deciding factor: The RO considered the facts shown in the evidence of record and applied the correct law at the time of the July 2, 2003, rating decision, but there is no error that compels a conclusion, to which reasonable minds could not differ, that the results would have been manifestly different.
- Claimed conditions
- Status post wedge resection of the right lung, Painful scars of the right side and posterior trunk, Lymphangioma of the right buttock, Neuropathy of the right arm and hand
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20051187
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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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