The Board is requesting additional development to determine if the veteran has hypertension and whether it is related to service. The claims for arthritis of the right upper arm and shoulder, PTSD, and reopening of a claim for hypertension will be reconsidered based on this new information.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the April 1999 Board decision shows that the veteran now has hypertension, which may affect his claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis, post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0601092
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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