The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for headaches, but has remanded his claims for service connection of low back, shoulder and upper back/neck injuries due to lack of definitive medical nexus opinions.
The deciding factor: Definitive medical nexus opinions are needed to establish a relationship between current diagnoses and service-connected conditions or incidents in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of low back injury, Residuals of bilateral shoulder injury, Residuals of upper back/neck injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0329753
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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: Granted
The Veteran's surviving spouse was granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected Parkinson's Disease.
- Whole decision: Denied
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for low back disability and post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that these conditions were related to service. Other claims remain pending.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current low back and right shoulder conditions are not related to his service, thus denying his claims for service connection.
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