The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to insufficient medical opinions and new evidence submitted by the Veteran's representative.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was not provided with all necessary information, including studies from NIH and Johns Hopkins linking low estrogen to arthritis, which may affect their conclusions regarding service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the feet, arthritis of the ankles, arthitis of the legs, arthrits of the knees, arthrits of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2013
- Citation
- 1333091
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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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