The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right elbow and bilateral knees due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: New evidence indicates that the Veteran's current symptoms may have started during or shortly after his military service, warranting further investigation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the right elbow, Degenerative joint disease of bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2022
- Citation
- 22014475
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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 Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for degenerative joint disease of the right wrist, right shoulder, left elbow pain causing functional impairment, and right elbow have all been granted.,Service connection has been established for these conditions based on direct evidence linking them to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, right hip disability, bilateral knee disabilities, and right shoulder disability due to unclear periods of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) or inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA).
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for joint pain, bilateral knee disabilities, and a low back disability are denied. The claims for squamous cell carcinomas of the earlobes, left hand, nose, and right forehead are also denied.
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