The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate examination for assessing the severity of psoriatic arthritis in both hands. The Veteran's claims are not about service connection, but rather about rating higher than 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The examination did not include range of motion testing as required by the December 2021 remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis of the right hand, psoriatic arthritis of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23017110
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's hypertension is granted as a result of herbicide exposure during service. The initial evaluation for PTSD remains at 30 percent, but the claim for an increased rating is denied. Service connection for psoriatic arthritis of both hands is granted based on secondary service connection due to his service-connected psoriasis.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's psoriatic arthritis is related to his service-connected psoriasis and grants service connection for all claimed conditions on a secondary basis.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis of the right hand, and psoriatic arthritis of the left hand. The decision found that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claims for increased evaluations for psoriatic arthritis of the right and left hands, as well as his claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss prior to November 14, 2005, are being remanded. His claim for an increased evaluation for bilateral hearing loss from November 14, 2005 forward is also being remanded.
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