The Veteran's rheumatoid arthritis is not properly rated, and the Board finds that remand is warranted to obtain updated VA treatment records and schedule an examination to assess the current severity of the condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence indicates changes in the state of the rheumatoid joints since their last examination in 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatoid arthritis of the right wrist, rheumatoid arthritis of the left wrist, rheumatoid arthritis of the right hip, rheumatoid arthritis of the left hip, rheumatoid arthritis of the right thumb, index finger, and long finger, rheumatoid arthritis of the left thumb, index finger, and long finger, rheumatoid arthritis of the right ankle, rheumatoid arthritis of the left ankle, rheumatoid arthritis of the right knee, rheumatoid arthritis of the left knee, rheumatoid arthritis of the right thigh (extension), rheumatoid arthritis of the left thigh (extension)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19119219
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Decisions by this judge: 1,429 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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