The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if the veteran has any chronic spine and/or back disability, including lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease. The examiner should assess whether these disabilities are related to active service.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to evaluate the current nature and severity of the veteran's claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic back disorder, L5-S1 herniated nucleus pulposus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0523887
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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 Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, and a chronic back disorder, both for the purposes of accrued benefits only.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues: revising the 1991 and 1993 rating decisions for L5-S1 herniated nucleus pulposus, determining an earlier effective date for left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and evaluating right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve higher than 20 percent. The issues are inextricably intertwined with each other.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic back disorder and for TDIU, finding that there is no evidence to support these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for schizo-affective disorder, depressed type and a chronic back disorder due to additional development of medical records and obtaining opinions from VA evaluators.
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