Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection of left elbow condition, right elbow condition, and lower extremity disability manifested by nerve pain. The Board found that the VA examiner's opinions were inadequate and ordered new examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was impermissibly based on the lack of contemporaneous service treatment records and continuity of treatment post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow condition, right elbow condition, lower extremity disability manifested by nerve pain (claimed as radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000592
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