The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and relationship of the Veteran's right forearm disorder to service. The examiner is requested to provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the condition had its onset during or is otherwise related to active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was instructed to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding their symptoms and history of pain since 1965, including physical therapy in the 1970s and 1980s, and nightly pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Right forearm disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21042253
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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 determined that the Veteran's right forearm disorder, which existed prior to his military service, was aggravated by his service. As such, service connection for this condition is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
Service connection for right forearm, left forearm, right wrist, and left wrist disorders is denied.,Service connection for right knee and left knee disorders is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim is being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for a VA examination. The issue remains whether he should be compensated under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for his right forearm disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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