Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left elbow disability due to VA medical treatment to correct a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded to address a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the October 2024 rating decision on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- 90 percent loss of left arm function, eventual removal of elbow
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103658
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