The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the veteran's current back disability is related to his service.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further evidence and evaluation to determine the nature of the veteran's back injury and its relation to service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of lower back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0529103
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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 decided to remand the case due to incomplete service records and new evidence not reviewed by the AOJ. The Veteran's lower back injury will need to be verified, and his National Guard service records must be obtained.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the residuals of a low back injury.,Service connection was granted for the right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain (claimed as residuals of right-ankle injury).,The issue of service connection for the residuals of a right hand injury is remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but the claims for residuals of a lower back injury and an increased evaluation for post-operative pterygia are remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for the issues of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, leaving only the lower back injury issue in appellate status.
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