Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the increased rating claims for low back disability, left elbow flexion disability, and left elbow supination and pronation disability to allow for further development of evidence under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to address a dispositive Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) when concluding it lacked jurisdiction due to an Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) error in certifying the appeal to the Board under the AMA system.
- Claimed conditions
- ankylosing spondylitis and degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy of the left elbow, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy of the left elbow with painful supination and pronation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019365
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