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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0334888
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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: 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.
- Whole 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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