The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the etiology of his claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary due to incomplete evidence and the need to clarify the relationship between the Veteran's symptoms and service or undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic multiple joint degenerative joint disease, pharyngitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2011
- Citation
- 1118097
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for hypertension and pharyngitis were denied as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions.,The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied because the audiometric results did not meet the criteria for a disability under VA standards.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, combined with other disabilities, meet the criteria for a TDIU rating and SMC at the housebound rate.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for dermatitis, bilateral foot pain, pharyngitis, rhinitis, and stomach/irritable bowel syndrome are being remanded due to inadequate examinations. The AOJ will schedule new examinations and consider the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for the remaining conditions.
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