The Board has ordered the VA to attempt to obtain inpatient clinical treatment records from Holloman AFB for May 1982, where the Veteran was hospitalized. If these records cannot be obtained, the Veteran will be notified of this fact.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to obtain the requested inpatient clinical treatment records from Holloman AFB as per the Board's prior remand directive.
- Claimed conditions
- multijoint disability, bilateral hands and fingers, hips, upper and lower extremities, gouty arthopathy, tophaceous gout, myalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1505960
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, unspecified anxiety disorder, seborrheic dermatitis, and denied increased ratings for left shoulder disability, myalgia, left-hand disability, right-hand disability, right shoulder disability, kidney stones, plantar fasciitis, lung disability, actinic keratosis, and squamous cell carcinoma. The Board remanded service connection claims for several conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the Veteran's neck disability, bilateral upper extremities disabilities, myalgia, and myofascial pain due to lack of a nexus between these conditions and her active-duty service.
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