The Board has remanded the case for additional development and readjudication, including obtaining VA treatment records from Martinsburg, West Virginia VAMC.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded due to the need for further development of the record as ordered by the Court in a Joint Motion for Remand (JMR).
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatoid disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1439183
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of rationale in the VA addendum opinion regarding rheumatoid disease. The Veteran's claim for service connection is being returned for further action.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and failure to address specific questions raised by the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board found that rheumatoid disease and pleural effusion requiring thoracotomy, decortication, and chest tube placement were not incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's claimed rheumatoid disease is not causally or etiologically related to his military service.
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