The Board has remanded the claim for unspecified joint pain to the RO for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The examination report is inadequate as it does not provide sufficient information regarding the relationship between the veteran's joint pain, other than that specifically referable to his right shoulder, and his service in the military.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified joint pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0609462
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the remaining issues due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability and an effective date of March 19, 2021, for hypertension and hemorrhagic stroke. Some claims were dismissed due to untimeliness, while others were remanded for further development.
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