The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right arm pain, right leg, and right foot pain due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: New evidence received by the Veteran tends to prove or disprove his claim for right arm, right leg, and right foot pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Arm Pain, Right Leg, Right Foot Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2026
- Citation
- A26015433
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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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- Denied
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