The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling examinations to determine the current severity of his service-connected psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
The deciding factor: The evidence is inconclusive regarding the diagnosis and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions, necessitating further examination and review of medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis of the shoulders, psoriatic arthritis of the elbows, psoriatic arthritis of the arms, psoriatic arthritis of the hands, psoriatic arthritis of the right knee, psoriatic arthritis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2014
- Citation
- 1402743
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The VA will obtain new opinions from different VA examiners to address whether the Veteran's conditions were incurred or aggravated by his military service, including exposure during combat.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for psoriatic arthritis of the right knee, finding that there is no evidence to support a relationship between current symptoms and in-service conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's psoriatic arthritis is related to his service-connected psoriasis and grants service connection for all claimed conditions on a secondary basis.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee and elbow conditions have been rated, with the right knee receiving a 30% rating since March 1, 2014. The right elbow has received various ratings over time, including initial grants of 20%, but no higher, from November 9, 2016 to October 30, 2019 and a compensable rating thereafter.
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