The Veteran's claim for service connection for a joint pain disorder, including hypermobility syndrome and migratory joint pain syndrome, is being remanded due to inadequate examination reports. The case will be returned to the Board for further review.
The deciding factor: The prior VA examinations were found to be inadequate in addressing all of the Veteran's symptoms related to joint pain disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- hypermobility syndrome, migratory joint pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1531569
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are now pending before the Board. The VA will provide further examinations to determine if he has current diagnoses of these conditions, which may be related to his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA opinions regarding the Veteran's hypermobility syndrome and its relationship to service-connected chronic pelvic pain with dyspareunia. The Veteran is seeking service connection for her claimed sacroiliitis, which she contends was aggravated by her service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and evaluations. The issues include PTSD, bilateral pes planus, sleep apnea, acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, TBI, seizure disability secondary to TBI, vertigo secondary to TBI, Dercum’s disease, wrist carpal tunnel syndromes, hypermobility syndrome, testicular/inguinal hernia, respiratory disability, mast cell disorder, hemolytic anemia, and TMJ.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's fibromyalgia is granted as secondary to her service-connected PTSD with depression and insomnia. The Veteran's hypermobility syndrome, previously considered sacroiliitis, is remanded for further examination.
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