The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic joint pain is remanded due to insufficient medical opinions and missing records. The Board requests additional examination and review of the claims file.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather a request for further evaluation based on incomplete information and insufficient medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic joint pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19167295
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a left knee disability and chronic joint pain due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthritis, degenerative disc disease, headaches/chronic migraines, and chronic joint pain as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis. The claims for bronchitis, lungs and chest burns, and hypertension are remanded due to the Veteran's participation in toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) and an indication of an association between the claimed disabilities and TERA.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a completed Supplemental Claim that superseded his initial appeal.
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