The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete medical records and inadequate VCAA notice.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to ensure all notification and development actions required by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 are fully complied with before making a decision on service connection for rotoscoliosis of the thoracic spine with convexity to the right, claimed as secondary to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- rotoscoliosis of the thoracic spine with convexity to the right, degenerative arthritis, right shoulder, condition of the left shoulder blade
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0404913
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Decisions by this judge: 464 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0404913.
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left and right shoulders, as well as for obstructive sleep apnea. The decision also grants service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left and right knees.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and higher ratings for various disabilities, including degenerative arthritis of the right shoulder, residual surgical scar of the right shoulder, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with depressive disorder, left foot plantar fasciitis with pes planus and metatarsalgia, fracture of the left ankle, and residuals, fracture, left third metacarpal/long finger.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete VA treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's knee, hip, ankle, shoulder, neck, and back disabilities due to a lack of adequate rationale in previous opinions and the need for new VA examinations.
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