The Board has remanded the case due to procedural errors and the need for a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: Procedural issues were identified, including incorrect issue characterization and improper treatment of the claim as a new and material basis. A new VCAA notice letter is required, and a VA orthopedic examination is needed to determine if any current disability manifested by joint pain in the knees, elbows, and hands is related to service or within one year following service.
- Claimed conditions
- joint pain of the knees, joint pain of the elbows, joint pain of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0508402
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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
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for joint pain of the ankles, knees, lower legs, shoulders, arms, and wrists due to his failure to report for a necessary examination without good cause. The available evidence did not support a conclusion that these conditions were incurred in or related to active service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's requests to reopen her claims for service connection for joint pain of the knees and back, both claimed as due to undiagnosed illness or other qualifying chronic disability. The evidence submitted since the last denial does not meet the criteria for reopening the claims.
- Denied
The veteran's claimed disabilities were not incurred or aggravated by his military service, and may not be presumed to have been so incurred.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claims of service connection for joint pain, a skin rash, memory loss and headaches due to an undiagnosed illness.
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