The Board has remanded the case for further development due to conflicting medical evidence regarding the connection between the veteran's service, his service-connected back disability, a psoas abscess, and osteomyelitis.
The deciding factor: There is conflicting medical evidence regarding whether there is any nexus between the veteran's service, his service-connected back disability, a psoas abscess, and osteomyelitis.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar osteomyelitis, psoas abscess
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0105933
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran's lumbar osteomyelitis and MRSA infection are not service-connected under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to lack of evidence of fault on VA's part.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's psoas abscess, previously diagnosed as Crohn's disease, warrants a 10 percent rating since February 12, 2007.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for lumbar osteomyelitis, claimed as low back, right leg, and hip, due to treatment at a VA medical facility. The case has been remanded for clarification of informed consent documentation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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