The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and higher ratings for his right elbow disability, limitation of pronation of the forearm, and limitation of extension of the forearm. The issues include respiratory disability to include asthma, which is currently under review.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided are inadequate as they do not consider the Veteran’s current diagnoses or provide a rationale based on all procurable and assembled data.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory disability, to include asthma, Limitation of pronation of the right forearm, Limitation of extension of the right forearm, Right elbow crepitus with limitation of forearm flexion
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066265
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Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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