The Veteran's appeal for service connection of multiple autoimmune syndrome, type 3 is remanded due to insufficient rationale in the VA opinion. The right shoulder arthritis claim remains pending and will be granted with a disability rating of 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to address medical literature that contradicts her conclusion regarding the relationship between ulcerative colitis and multiple autoimmune syndrome, type 3.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Acromioclavicular Joint Arthritis, Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome, Type 3
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22070940
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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.
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