The Veteran's appeal includes claims for various disabilities, including a right elbow disability, back disability, hand disorder, hearing loss, headaches, swollen glands, female problems and menstrual disorders, abdominal pain (residuals of hysterectomy), hypertension, left arm pain, right arm pain, left wrist pain, right hand pain, left knee pain, right knee pain, and bilateral foot disorder. The claims are being remanded for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service connection claim is being remanded to obtain a VA examination regarding her current rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis and its relationship to in-service complaints. Additionally, the examiner must address whether the Veteran's in-service back complaints were initial manifestations of RA.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow disability, back disability, hand disorder (manifested by knots, cysts, swelling, and rashes), hearing loss, headaches (including migraine headaches), swollen glands, female problems and menstrual disorders, abdominal pain (residuals of hysterectomy), hypertension, left arm pain, right arm pain, left wrist pain (manifested by arthritis), right hand pain (manifested by arthritis), left knee pain (manifested by arthritis), right knee pain (manifested by arthritis), bilateral foot disorder (pes planus, and claimed as arthritis and blood clots affecting both feet)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1814838
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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
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