Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied effective dates prior to June 21, 2016, for the awards of service connection and remanded higher rating claims.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of new and material evidence within one year of the final rating decisions in 1985, 1989, and 1991, and the failure to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for the previous decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow strain with flexion contracture with limitation of flexion of the forearm with painful motion, painful motion of supination and pronation of the forearm, limitation of extension of the left forearm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25003972
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