The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development of evidence, including VA clinical records and a May 2003 report of VA examination. The case will be returned to the Board after this review.
The deciding factor: The decision was made based on the need to comply with recent judicial rulings that require the Board to return cases to the RO for initial consideration when additional evidence is obtained by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- seronegative spondyloarthropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0311964
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Decisions by this judge: 1,500 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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