The veteran is seeking service connection for back and neck conditions that are secondary to his service-connected myositis of the right shoulder. The Board has ordered remand due to the need for additional VA medical records.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence from the veteran's treatment records at a VA facility between 1978 and 2001 is required to properly adjudicate the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0602635
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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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