The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including scheduling a VA examination and considering the revised diagnostic provisions for spine disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision requires additional evidence to be gathered and evaluated in light of recent changes in diagnostic criteria for spine disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes, avascular necrosis, right hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0431443
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for his left knee disability is dismissed.,Service connection has been granted for lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes and bilateral hip acetabular tears, which are found to be proximately due to his service-connected left knee disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy due to insufficient evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes, as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for avascular necrosis of the hips due to a duty-to-assist error and because the Veteran participated in a TERA. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records and provide a TERA opinion.
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