The veteran is seeking service connection for a cervical spine disability characterized as myositis, trapezius muscle strain, and subluxation at C5. The Board has ordered additional development to clarify the date of any automobile accidents and obtain treatment records related thereto.
The deciding factor: The Board needs clarification on the dates of any automobile accidents and access to relevant medical records to determine the etiology of the veteran's cervical spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical myositis, trapezius muscle strain, subluxation at C5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2004
- Citation
- 0427476
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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 Veteran's neck condition and unspecified depressive disorder are granted service connection as they are related to his in-service back injuries.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected cervical myositis, finding that the evidence did not show unfavorable ankylosis of the entire cervical spine or the entire spine. The Veteran was currently rated at 30 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete records and inadequate examinations. The Veteran's conditions of fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and cervical myositis are being reviewed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of increased ratings for his service-connected disabilities due to a lack of recent medical examinations. The Veteran is also being remanded for a TDIU claim.
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