The Board has ordered additional examinations and development of the record, including obtaining employment records from VA. The case is being remanded to comply with these orders.
The deciding factor: The Board found that further examination and development were necessary due to incomplete medical records and lack of opinions on service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disorder, neuropsychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2002
- Citation
- 0215970
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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 granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and denied service connection for a lower back disorder. The claims for depression, substance abuse disorder, and a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss were dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for urinary frequency. The other claims were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a lower back disorder, an upper back and neck disorder, and migraine headaches based on the evidence showing that these conditions are at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an SOC addressing service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder secondary to a back condition.
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