The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a new VA examination and consideration of the issues on appeal.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded due to insufficient evidence in the claims file and the need for further medical evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the wrists, arthritis of the fingers, arthritis of the ankles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0615566
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of the back, knees, and fingers. The claim for traumatic brain injury is remanded due to inadequate examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the appeal for service connection for arthritis of the wrists, knees, and shoulders and hypertension as there was no credible evidence indicating that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of various joints, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to service.
- Denied
The Board found that the preponderance of evidence was against a grant of service connection for arthritis of the ankles.
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