The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a generalized arthritis disorder due to unresolved medical questions regarding its onset and relationship to service.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions are needed to determine whether the Veteran's generalized arthritis had in-service onset or is otherwise related to his period of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20002475
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for a right eye disability, a joint condition claimed as chronic fatigue, and generalized arthritis.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and generalized arthritis, but granted service connection for post-traumatic sequelae of the left third proximal phalanx and left hand osteoarthritis as secondary to a service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the veteran's death during the course of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 8, 2001 for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance. The veteran's disabilities include degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, loss of use of the left hand, and generalized arthritis.
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