The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and TDIU due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's conditions, specifically hardening of the arteries and psoriatic arthritis. The claims will be reconsidered after these opinions are obtained.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further medical evaluation to determine the cause of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hardening of the arteries, psoriatic arthritis of joints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18155712
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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: Denied
The Board found no evidence linking the Veteran's claimed conditions to his military service and denied all claims for service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for COPD, CAD, and hypertension are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and development of records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, blood clots, and hardening of the arteries. The Veteran's assertions of in-service onset and continuity were not credible, and there is no reliable post-service confirmation of any such conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have any of the claimed conditions and, therefore, service connection is denied for arthritis of multiple joints, hardening of the arteries, right foot disability, bilateral eye disabilities, respiratory disability, and arthritis of hands, elbows, shoulders, and hips.
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