The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical records and examinations.
The deciding factor: The Board found that relevant VA treatment records were not associated with the claims file, necessitating their retrieval. Additionally, the veteran reported an increase in disability severity since his last examination, requiring a current evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- discectomy and laminectomy, with herniated nucleus pulposus, lumbar spine, right shoulder impingement syndrome with clavicular sparring, right hand paresthesia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2005
- Citation
- 0524181
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hand and right hand paresthesia as new and relevant evidence was not received to support these claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to a lack of evidence showing that a claim form was received within one year of his intent to file, which would have made March 31, 2015, the date of claim. The earliest effective date assigned is April 4, 2016.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hand paresthesia is service connected as secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disability, and the effective date for this grant of service connection is set at April 15, 2008.
- Partly granted
The veteran's right shoulder impingement syndrome with clavicular sparring and right hand paresthesia have been granted service connection, but the rating for right shoulder impingement syndrome is denied. The veteran was assigned a 20 percent initial rating for his right shoulder condition.
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