The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the service connection for joint pain of the hands, left elbow, and right knee. The Veteran's claim is not about service connection at all.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not address the Veteran's claimed joint pain of his hands, left elbow, and right knee, as required by the June 2023 remand directive.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint pain of hands, Joint pain of left elbow, Joint pain of right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2024
- Citation
- 24017616
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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
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for headaches due to an in-service head injury and secondary to service-connected vascular dementia. The Veteran's joint pain conditions are denied as not related to service or a cold injury, and the scars on his left occipital area and right eyebrow are rated at 30 percent.
- Denied
The Veteran's claimed conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple joint pain (excluding knees and elbows), respiratory disorder, and sleep disturbance, are not service-connected. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a qualifying chronic disability related to his Persian Gulf War service.
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