The veteran's claim for service connection for musculoskeletal disability, including as a qualifying chronic disability due to service in the Persian Gulf War, is being remanded for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The examination report was inadequate for rating purposes and non-compliant with the Board's previous remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- musculoskeletal disability, de Quervains' disease, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), sprains of the knees and lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2004
- Citation
- 0431866
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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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