The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for left arm radiculopathy due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 VA opinion is found to be inadequate as it does not specifically consider all relevant evidence of record, including the Veteran's complaints of tingling, numbness, and weakness in his hands during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110258
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of left arm radiculopathy and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for a neck condition, left and right arm radiculopathy as secondary to the neck condition, a low back condition, left and right leg radiculopathy as secondary to the low back condition, a headache condition as secondary to the neck condition, and a right shoulder condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied service connection for a neck condition, left arm radiculopathy, low back condition, left leg radiculopathy, and a right knee condition.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for rhinitis, sinusitis, right elbow condition, left arm radiculopathy, and irritable bowel syndrome, all of which are presumed related to exposure to fine particulate matter during the Persian Gulf War.
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