The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date of March 9, 2015, for service connection related to osteochondroma.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain private primary care treatment records that could potentially show a factually ascertainable increase in severity prior to March 26, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow lateral and medial epicondylitis with fracture residual (limitation of extension), left elbow lateral and medial epicondylitis (limitation of extension), right elbow lateral and medial epicondylitis with fracture residual (painful forearm), left elbow lateral and medial epicondylitis (painful forearm), right hip degenerative arthritis (limitation of flexion)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25038690
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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