The Veteran's service-connected psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis are being remanded for additional examinations to determine the current severity of his conditions, including whether they affect his cervical spine and right hip. The claims will also be reviewed to ensure all relevant medical records have been considered.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded due to a lack of recent VA examination reports and missing medical records from the Veteran's foreign treatment providers.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis of the lumbar spine, psoriatic arthritis of the right hip, psoriatic arthritis of the cervical spine, psoriasis of the skin and nails
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162738
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 20, 2020, for the award of service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with psoriatic arthritis of the lumbar spine.
- Granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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