The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling a new examination. The issues of service connection for gout and depression are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further development as per the instructions provided by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
- Claimed conditions
- gout of both feet, an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1046717
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's gout of both feet is related to his active service and grants the claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board found that an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, was not present in service and is unrelated to Agent Orange exposure. The claim for service connection was denied.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip replacement, right knee replacement, right leg disability, and gout of both feet are not related to active service or any incident thereof, including as due to service-connected residuals of frostbite of both feet.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis are rated at a maximum of 50 percent, effective December 28, 2012. The claim for gout of both feet is pending.
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