The veteran's request for a higher initial rating for lumbosacral spine disc disease has been remanded due to the failure to report for a scheduled videoconference hearing. The case will be returned to the Board after scheduling another hearing.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to attend the previously scheduled videoconference hearing, necessitating its rescheduling and the need for further review of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0310643
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral spine disc disease is rated at 20 percent, effective August 20, 2007. The Board has granted a rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for lumbosacral spine disc disease, hepatitis C, and a left shoulder disorder. The claim for service connection for gastric ulcer was granted with an initial rating of 20 percent.
- Granted
The veteran's residuals of gastric ulcer surgery are related to his service-connected osteoarthritis of the left knee, and thus service connection is granted. The claims for hepatitis C, a left shoulder disorder, and reopening of lumbosacral spine disc disease claim are remanded.
- 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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