The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left foot gout to correct duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to missing private medical records that were not obtained by the AOJ prior to the November 2024 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot gout, left foot gout
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099628
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,170 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for various service connection and rating decisions related to gout affecting multiple joints, left foot gout, right foot gout, elbow pronation and supination gout, elbow limitation of flexion gout, thumb gout, index finger gout, long finger gout, ring and little finger gout, middle finger gout, ankle gout, knee gout, and right thumb gout. The effective dates for these decisions were not earlier than the specified dates.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinea pedis, but the claims of bilateral knee disabilities and left ankle disability are remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left foot gout and right foot gout, finding that there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and right foot gout as they are not related to the Veteran's military service or toxic exposures.
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