The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA spine examination and consideration of the revised rating criteria.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there has been a change in the law affecting all spinal disabilities that needs to be considered.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of motion of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0400665
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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 Board granted a disability rating of 40 percent for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, effective from September 23, 2019. The decision found that this rating was appropriate due to additional loss of motion during flare-ups.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is rated at 20 percent, effective April 1, 2011. The RO denied an increased rating for his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran is not eligible for a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund as his service was in the Regular Army of the United States, and he already receives VA disability compensation.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's limitation of motion of the lumbar spine has not been manifested by forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine 30 degrees or less, nor have incapacitating episodes been shown. Therefore, an evaluation in excess of 20 percent is not warranted.
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