Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral elbow and shoulder disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions that did not consider the Veteran's lay statements.
The deciding factor: Remand is required because the August 2020 and September 2020 VA medical opinions are inadequate as they failed to appropriately consider the Veteran's lay statements describing pain in service from parachuting and physical training.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow disability, lateral epicondylitis, right elbow disability, lateral epicondylitis, left shoulder disability, osteoarthritis, right shoulder disability, osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25003128
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