The Board has decided to remand the case due to a need for additional information regarding whether a reasonable provider would have disclosed the possibility of reactive arthritis from a flu shot. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered with this new information.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to verify if reactive arthritis is listed as an adverse reaction of the flu vaccine, which was not provided in the May 2018 private medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- reactive arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20058195
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for reactive arthritis, OSA, and a left knee condition. The claims for a back condition and right wrist condition were remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of Reiter's Syndrome, including post-infective and reactive arthritis, is granted. The Board finds that the evidence supports a finding that the Veteran has these conditions as a result of his in-service diagnosis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than March 25, 2021, for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for reactive arthritis is denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not continuously pursue his August 2007 service connection claim and therefore, the earliest date as of which it was factually ascertainable that an increase in disability has occurred is March 25, 2021.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a neck condition and chronic fatigue syndrome secondary to service-connected common variable immune deficiency (CVID). Service connection for reactive arthritis is denied.
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