The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's left elbow condition and its relation to service. The examiner is requested to provide a detailed opinion addressing the nature and likely cause of the Veteran’s left elbow epicondylitis, considering his statements about in-service duties as an ammunition officer.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous opinions were inadequate due to their failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding his in-service injury and continuing symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20063811
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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 has granted service connection for left and right elbow epicondylitis, finding that the conditions were incurred during active service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left elbow condition, finding that his current disability is more likely than not caused by an in-service injury during his National Guard service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable disability ratings and service connection for various conditions, including supraventricular arrhythmia and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, erectile dysfunction, left groin scar, bilateral hearing loss, chronic fatigue syndrome, left elbow epicondylitis, and multiple concussions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for revision of a December 2007 rating decision that denied service connection for a left knee condition was dismissed due to the premature filing of a disagreement with a deferred adjudication. The appeals for CUE in ratings assigned for degenerative arthritis of the left hip, right knee, and left elbow were denied.
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