The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination and medical opinion regarding service connection for bilateral knee and low back osteoarthritis as secondary to service-connected rheumatoid arthritis.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to insufficient evidence on whether the Veteran's osteoarthritis is secondary to his service-connected rheumatoid arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee osteoarthritis, low back osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1017189
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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
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