The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining recent VA treatment records and conducting further examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence and examination are needed to determine if there is currently active rheumatoid disease in the affected joints.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatoid arthritis of multiple joints, gouty arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0609918
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, but remanded claims for gouty arthritis and a right knee disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a rating of 100 percent for gouty arthritis since April 8, 2008, and denied an initial rating in excess of 60 percent prior to that date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for rheumatoid arthritis of multiple joints for a clarifying medical opinion, including addressing a theory of presumptive service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his conditions did not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
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