The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for lower back, bilateral hip, bilateral knee, and bilateral foot conditions due to his active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Gulf War. The Veteran will be provided a VA Gulf War Registry examination to determine if these conditions are related to his service.
The deciding factor: The Board is requesting additional evidence and an examination to consider whether the Veteran's joint pain complaints may qualify for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 due to active duty in the Gulf War theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back, bilateral hip, bilateral knee, bilateral foot
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19147898
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
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