The Board has denied service connection for a bilateral elbow condition and a bilateral wrist condition due to the lack of evidence of current disabilities. The appeal regarding a bilateral shoulder condition is being remanded for further examination.,Service connection will not be granted as there is no current diagnosis of a bilateral elbow or wrist condition, nor any link between these conditions and service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of elbow or wrist conditions. The appeal regarding shoulder condition is being remanded for further examination to determine if it is related to service.,Service connection cannot be granted as there are no current disabilities present, and the evidence does not support a link between any diagnosed conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral elbow condition, bilateral wrist condition, bilateral shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23021586
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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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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal of the service connection for a bilateral wrist condition before the decision was made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, a bilateral shoulder condition, a bilateral leg condition, a neck condition, and a keloid condition. These claims are remanded for further adjudication by the AOJ.
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