The Veteran's gouty arthritis of the left foot is granted with a rating of 20 percent from September 17, 2008 to May 7, 2015. The Board has remanded for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for right knee disorder, left knee disorder, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's gouty arthritis of the left foot was manifested by one or two exacerbations a year in a well-established diagnosis prior to May 2015. The Board found that higher-level symptoms were not present, leading to a 20 percent rating being granted for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- gouty arthritis of the left foot, right knee disorder, left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19130765
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Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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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