The appeal for service connection for Reiter's syndrome and residuals of meningitis is remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand required to obtain in-service hospitalization records and private treatment records as part of the duty to assist.
- Claimed conditions
- Reiter's syndrome, Residuals of meningitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- A24069334
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for Reiter's syndrome and granted service connection for ulcerative colitis as secondary to Reiter's syndrome, effective December 11, 2001.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for Reiter's syndrome and entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for additional development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral knee, shoulder, ankle, neck, Reiter's syndrome, and uveitis, to obtain adequate VA addendum opinions.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for Reiter’s syndrome, left hip, bilateral knee, and bilateral ankles with hyperuricemia was denied. The disability is rated at 60 percent since December 19, 2010.
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