The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including migraines, cubital tunnel syndrome, angioneurotic edema, and hand/finger conditions, due to inadequate VA opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is required for new VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine with light sensitivity, cubital tunnel syndrome, right arm, angioneurotic edema, right hand/finger condition to include spasm, left hand/finger condition to include spasms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2024
- Citation
- 24001595
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 service connection for tinnitus, cubital tunnel syndrome, right plantar fasciitis, and a right knee disability due to the lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to July 19, 2023 for the grant of service connection for angioneurotic edema.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion for revision based on clear and unmistakable error of the August 25, 1971 Rating Decision denying service connection for angioneurotic edema, finding the decision was subsumed by the November 14, 1989 Board decision and therefore not subject to collateral attack. The Board also denied an effective date prior to January 11, 2011 for any award of service connection.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for angioneurotic edema but denied it for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
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