The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a lack of recent medical records and examinations related to the veteran's service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence and examination as required by the VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back pain, adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0119774
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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 bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for chronic low back pain, upper back pain, right hand disability, left hand disability, headaches, and right knee disability.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection and a higher rating for adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including various musculoskeletal conditions and mental health disorders.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claims for other conditions due to insufficient evidence.
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