The Board remands the issues of entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for a left muscle group V status post gunshot wound condition and residual radial and median nerve neuropathy, s/p gunshot wound, left upper extremity.

The deciding factor: VA failed to comply with procedures that should have resulted in development of a Clear and Unmistakable Error (CUE) claim for earlier effective dates for the awards of left upper extremity muscle injury and left upper extremity nerve conditions.

Claimed conditions

left muscle group V status post gunshot wound, residual radial and median nerve neuropathy, s/p gunshot wound, left upper extremity

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 22, 2025

Citation

A25091221

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