The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left elbow disability and TBI residuals. The claim for a compensable rating for his skin disability prior to October 22, 2019, was also denied.,There is no evidence of any current disabilities related to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support the presence of current disabilities for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Elbow Disability, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Residuals, Skin Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20072990
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection of a left knee disability, back disability, and left elbow disability must be remanded due to inadequate VA examinations. The Veteran provided lay reports of symptoms but the VA examiners did not consider these reports in their conclusions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD is granted. The case is remanded due to the need for further examination and opinion regarding his left elbow disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has readjudicated the claims for service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss disability, cervical spine disability, skin disability, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities. The decision is mixed as some issues are granted while others are remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's TBI residuals, including migraines and depressive disorder with anxious distress, are rated at 50 percent effective February 9, 2017. An earlier effective date of April 29, 2019, for SMC due to loss of use of a creative organ is granted.
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