The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the relationship between service-connected lumbar strain with myositis and degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbosacral spine.
The deciding factor: The Court vacated the portion of the April 2003 decision that denied service connection for degenerative joint and disc disease, and remanded it to the Board for additional development and readjudication. The case is now being remanded due to an error in not determining whether service connection could be granted on a secondary basis as having been aggravated by the service-connected lumbar strain with myositis.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, lumbar strain with myositis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0530449
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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