The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's Reiter's syndrome and his service, including exposure to herbicides. The VA examiner did not consider all relevant evidence and lay statements.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to address the primary question posed in the Board’s remand - whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's claimed Reiter's syndrome disability had its clinical onset during active service or is otherwise related to any in-service disease, event, or injury, including exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Reiter's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19145597
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for Reiter's syndrome and granted service connection for ulcerative colitis as secondary to Reiter's syndrome, effective December 11, 2001.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for Reiter's syndrome and entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for additional development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral knee, shoulder, ankle, neck, Reiter's syndrome, and uveitis, to obtain adequate VA addendum opinions.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for Reiter’s syndrome, left hip, bilateral knee, and bilateral ankles with hyperuricemia was denied. The disability is rated at 60 percent since December 19, 2010.
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