The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for Reiter's Syndrome is being remanded due to the need for scheduling a hearing with a Decision Review Officer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a Travel Board hearing, but later clarified his preference for a DRO hearing. The case must be returned to the RO for scheduling this preferred hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- Reiter's Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19125690
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, including Reiter's Syndrome, from December 11, 2001.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the rate authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) since April 16, 2001, and SMC at the rate authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l) based solely on the effects of Reiter's syndrome from December 16, 2004.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for reactive arthritis, claimed as Reiter's syndrome, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostatitis.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for Reiter's Syndrome, as the evidence reasonably establishes that it is related to gonorrhea diagnosed during service.
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