The veteran's claim for service connection for polyarthralgias, including as due to undiagnosed illness is being remanded for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The claim was not fully developed regarding the veteran's claimed service in Southwest Asia and verification of her exposure to undiagnosed illnesses.
- Claimed conditions
- polyarthralgias, fatigue, carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0607561
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.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fatigue and an initial rating above 10 percent for reactive airway disease, as the evidence did not support a finding of chronic fatigue or a disability that warranted a higher rating based on pulmonary function test results.
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