Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a left elbow disability and a compensable evaluation for service-connected residual of COVID-19 respiratory dysfunction due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain new medical opinions addressing the Veteran's lay contentions and distinguishing symptoms related to the service-connected conditions from other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow disability, headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015371
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