The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination and compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA).
The deciding factor: The case requires additional development to properly assess the current severity of the service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine under the new rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2004
- Citation
- 0420380
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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.
- Granted
The VA determined that the appellant's spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease lumbosacral spine warrants a 20 percent rating from August 17, 2007 until July 2, 2008.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for osteoarthritis and degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, finding that there is no evidence showing a link between these conditions and his military service. The claim for residuals of a nose laceration remains pending as the RO has not issued an SOC.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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