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Citation Nr: 1630512
Decision Date: 07/29/16
DOCKET NO.
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Archive Date: 08/04/16

07-34 508 ) DATE

On appeal from the

Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in North Little Rock, Arkans
THE ISSUE

Entitlement to a rating higher than 60 percent for chronic joint pain of th

REPRESENTATION
Appellant represented by: Disabled American Veterans
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD
T. Azizi-Barcelo, Counsel
INTRODUCTION
The Veteran served on active duty from November 1988 to October 1998.

This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal f

In January 2011 and September 2012, the Board remanded the instant claim fo
The appeal is REMANDED to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ).

VA wi

REMAND
While all requested development was accomplished on remand, the Board must

The Board has reviewed the Veteran's most recent VA examination findings, f
Accordingly, the case is REMANDED for the following action:
1.

The Veteran must be afforded a VA medical examination, with an examiner

The examination must address the Veteran's gouty arthropathy, insofar as it

The examiner should further address, as pertinent, the following: instabili

Finally, the examiner must address the extent of the constitutional manifes

All opinions must be supported by a detailed rationale in a typewritten rep

2.

Then, after ascertaining whether any further development is warranted,

The Veteran has the right to submit additional evidence and argument on thi
This claim must be afforded expeditious treatment.

The law requires that a

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A. C. MACKENZIE
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans' Appeals

Under 38 U.S.C.A. 7252 (West 2014), only a decision of the Board of Vete