The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to decide the claims for service connection for lupus erythematosus, special monthly compensation on the basis of housebound status, entitlement to automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only, and entitlement to specially adapted housing or a home adaptation grant.
The deciding factor: Further medical examination is required to determine if the veteran has lost use of his lower extremities due to service-connected motor polyneuropathy and whether lupus erythematosus may be related to service exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- lupus erythematosus, mixed sensory motor polyneuropathy with tremors, joint weakness, arthralgia, and shortness of breath
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2007
- Citation
- 0707729
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for lupus erythematosus was dismissed as the Board's decision in April 2025 granted service connection with the earliest possible effective date and the highest possible rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to an inadequate VA examination and overlapping symptoms between her service-connected lupus and nonservice-connected fibromyalgia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and outstanding records. The Veteran's lupus and heart disorder are being evaluated again by an examiner.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for lupus erythematosus due to incomplete opinions and need for additional development.
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