The Veteran's appeal is remanded to obtain additional medical opinions and records, including a VA examination for his service-connected right foot arthritis and its impact on the claimed disabilities. The claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development is needed as there are unresolved issues regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to his service-connected right foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the spine, arthritis of the left knee, arthritis of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2012
- Citation
- 1205911
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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
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