The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development of evidence, including verification of the veteran's involvement in a motor vehicle accident while serving in Germany.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA failed to assist the veteran in verifying his military service and potential exposure to a motor vehicle accident during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), lumbar spine, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2004
- Citation
- 0426868
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for DJD of the lumbar spine, right hip, and left hip due to conflicting medical opinions. The Veteran asserts that his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities have caused or aggravated his current lumbar spine and bilateral hip conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's lumbar spine and knee DJD disabilities are being remanded for further development due to inadequate previous examinations.
- 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.
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