The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his bilateral elbow disabilities due to insufficient information regarding functional impairment during flare-ups and repetitive use. The TDIU claim is inextricably intertwined with these issues, so it must also be remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was unable to provide a clear explanation of the Veteran's range of motion measurements during flare-ups and repetitive use without resorting to speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of right elbow supination, limitation of right elbow extension with traumatic arthritis, degenerative joint disease of the right elbow, limitation of left elbow supination, limitation of left elbow extension, degenerative joint disease of the left elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22058063
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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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