The veteran's claims for an increased rating for his thoracic spine disability and a TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is required to assess the current severity of the veteran's service-connected thoracic spine disability, including range of motion loss and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the thoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0314767
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for service-connected residuals of a thoracic spine injury was denied by the RO. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a lumbar spine disability is also pending.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's injuries to her thoracic spine were due to her own willful misconduct and not in the line of duty, resulting in denial of service connection for these conditions.
- 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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