Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder, elbow and wrist disabilities to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to inadequate VA examinations and opinions that did not address the correct theory of service connection or the appellant's lay contentions regarding the nature and etiology of his claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, right elbow disability, right wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099552
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