The Board has remanded the case for further development due to changes in VA rating criteria and incomplete medical records.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed as per recent changes in VA rating criteria and missing medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0431931
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee and spine disorders, as well as her claim for a gastrointestinal disorder due to outstanding VA examination and records.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) as his service-connected conditions did not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings have been withdrawn. The remaining issues are remanded for further development and readjudication.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease, and denied reopening of a claim for service connection for psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction.
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