The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues regarding service connection for pelvis and back disabilities. The case is now remanded for additional examination and review.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed from the VA medical facility to clarify the nature and etiology of any current low back and pelvis disorders, as well as their onset during or after service.
- Claimed conditions
- pelvis disorders, low back disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0334888
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal seeking an earlier effective date for service connection due to CUE in a 1996 rating decision is dismissed as the April 1998 Board decision subsumed the June 1996 RO decision.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current low back disorders are not related to service and have denied his claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's low back disorders, including disc herniations and degenerative disc disease (DDD), were not incurred or aggravated during active service. The evidence did not support a finding of service connection.
- Granted
The Board finds that the Veteran's right ankle sprains incurred in service are service-connected, but his right knee and low back disorders are not related to service or any service-connected condition.
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