The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for his service-connected right elbow limited flexion and limited supination due to inadequate examination findings. The Veteran is seeking higher ratings for these disabilities, which are currently rated as 10 percent prior to December 17, 2018, and 20 percent thereafter.
The deciding factor: The remand was issued because the previous VA examination report failed to provide full range of motion testing and did not include information regarding functional loss attributable to pain in range of motion testing.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow limited flexion, Right elbow limited supination
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21069030
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's right elbow limited flexion was not rated higher than 10 percent prior to December 17, 2018.,From December 17, 2018, the Veteran's right elbow limited flexion was not rated higher than 20 percent.,Prior to May 11, 2022, the Veteran's right elbow limited supination was not rated higher than 10 percent.,From May 11, 2022, the Veteran's right elbow limited supination was not rated higher than 20 percent.
- Dismissed
The appeals for increased ratings of the Veteran's service-connected conditions were dismissed due to a procedural defect in the appeal process.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities beginning September 2, 2021, but denied increased ratings for the right elbow limited flexion and pronation/supination and a higher rating for the right radial nerve impairment.
- 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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