The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left elbow disabilities, as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder, to obtain additional medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The current medical opinions are inadequate due to lack of rationale or differentiation between the right and left elbows, necessitating a new etiology opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depressive disorder, left elbow disability, right elbow disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25041563
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 964 · Granted: 37% (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).
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