The Board has found that additional evidence was added to the claims file since the April 2016 SOC and requires remand for further action, including obtaining any outstanding VA and private treatment records.

The deciding factor: Additional pertinent evidence was added to the claims file after the issuance of the April 2016 SOC, necessitating a remand for review by the AOJ.

Claimed conditions

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), residuals of a right foot cold injury, left foot disability other than a cold injury to include plantar fasciitis, acquired psychiatric disorder to include a major depressive disorder, an adjustment disorder, and an anxiety disorder, right ankle disability, gout to include of the hands, elbows, and ankles, nose disability to include sinusitis, headaches, left wrist disability to include carpal instability including carpal metacarpal arthritis with instability, right wrist disability to include carpal instability including carpal metacarpal arthritis with instability, left hip disability, right hip disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, residuals of a left foot cold injury, right foot disability other than a cold injury to include plantar fasciitis, left leg disability, right leg disability

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 8, 2020

Citation

20065599

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