The veteran is seeking an increased rating for his service-connected low back disability, which has been rated at 20 percent. The RO must obtain additional medical evidence and conduct further examinations to determine the appropriate rating based on the current functional limitations of the veteran's low back.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further development due to inadequate previous evaluations that did not consider pain and other functional loss during flare-ups or use over time.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of herniated nucleus pulposus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0117869
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran has withdrawn his appeal regarding the initial ratings for herniated nucleus pulposus and left ear hearing loss, thus the case is dismissed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the service-connected low back disability was an underlying cause of the veteran's death, and thus grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's disability picture is most consistent with a currently assigned 40 percent disability evaluation for degenerative disc disease of L5-S1, and thus denied an increased disability evaluation.
- Whole decision: 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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