Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for inflammatory polyarthritis of both hands and bone atrophy, secondary to other conditions, due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions are found inadequate as they did not address a theory of entitlement reasonably raised by the record regarding the Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) causing or aggravating his inflammatory polyarthritis in both hands.
- Claimed conditions
- inflammatory polyarthritis of left and right hands, bone atrophy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106237
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