The case is being remanded for further development, including obtaining employment records and scheduling a VA examination. The veteran's service-connected disabilities are right shoulder disability and lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease.
The deciding factor: The Court ordered the case to be remanded due to the failure to obtain relevant employment records and the need for clarification regarding the veteran's employment history.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0025526
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability, right knee disability, right shoulder disability, and tinnitus to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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