The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, as well as an addendum to the previous VA examination report. The Veteran's claim of service connection for arthritis will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: Further medical evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's current arthritis is related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of right shoulder, arthritis of right wrist, arthritis of thoracic spine, arthritis of lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1407128
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including arthritis of the right shoulder, back disability, left leg amputation, type II diabetes mellitus, and rotary nystagmus. The Veteran's claims were not supported by credible evidence.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of the lumbar spine has been reopened and granted. The claim for right hip strain is remanded due to lack of a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for intervertebral disc syndrome with arthritis of the lumbar spine are being remanded due to incomplete VA and private treatment records, as well as a need for retrospective findings that fully satisfy the requirements of Correia v. McDonald.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the lumbar spine, finding that it is related to the Veteran's active service and resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.
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