The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for right hip, left hip, left wrist, right wrist, and right hand psoriatic arthritis as they require additional development.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided were inadequate due to not accounting for the Veteran's lost range of motion during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip psoriatic arthritis, left hip psoriatic arthritis, left wrist psoriatic arthritis, right wrist psoriatic arthritis, right hand psoriatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- A21016586
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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