The Board remands the issues of entitlement to higher ratings for right upper extremity radiculopathy and entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) for further review by the AOJ.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to newly received evidence that has not been reviewed by the AOJ in the first instance.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25014404
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative arthritis. The claims for back pain and right upper extremity radiculopathy are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal seeking to establish entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) is dismissed because the AOJ decision was merely implementing a Board's earlier effective date decision for service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU and DEA claims are remanded due to insufficient evidence for a schedular rating, and the issues are inextricably intertwined.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of January 4, 2024 for the service connection of left and right upper extremity radiculopathy as a complication or secondary to service-connected cervical degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis and vertebral fracture.
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