The Board has determined that the claims for service connection of right elbow, left elbow, right knee, left knee, and right ankle conditions must be remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The Board found pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors warranting remand in the adjudication of the Veteran's service connection claims for his bilateral elbow and knee conditions as well as his right ankle condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Condition, Left Elbow Condition, Right Knee Condition, Left Knee Condition, Right Ankle Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24082952
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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