The veteran's appeal includes claims for an increased rating for a T-12 compression fracture and spurring, as well as a claim for total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The case is being remanded for further development of the record.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded because there are unclear issues regarding the nature and extent of the veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on his ability to work, as well as potential claims for additional service connection or TDIU based on different diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- T-12 compression fracture with spurring, lumbar disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0109075
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder and denied increased ratings for the lumbar disability, left and right sciatica, and chronic sinusitis. However, it granted an increased rating of 40 percent from March 7, 2022, for left and right sciatic radiculopathy and restored a 30 percent rating for chronic sinusitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbar disability and right knee disability due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a lumbar disability and a left knee condition based on the Veteran's consistent reports of symptoms beginning during active duty service in 1984.
- Dismissed
The appeal regarding service connection for left and right lower extremity sciatica was dismissed as untimely, while other conditions were remanded for further development.
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