The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional records from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
The deciding factor: There is a lack of complete medical records from the Veteran's separation examination at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent right upper extremity neurological disability, recurrent left upper extremity neurological disability, recurrent left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2026
- Citation
- A26015040
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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
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