The Board has found that further evidentiary development is necessary and remands the case to ensure compliance with the Board's prior remand instructions.
The deciding factor: Further evidence development is required as per the Board’s previous remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow disability, ulnar neuropathy, limitation of pronation of the right elbow, limitation of extension of the right elbow, a right elbow scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21020760
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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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