The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the Appeals Management Center (AMC) for additional examinations and determinations regarding his service connection claims, including a potential secondary service connection claim related to his anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA was obliged to afford the veteran contemporaneous examinations due to reported worsening of symptoms since his last comprehensive VA examination. The examiner is requested to determine if any current low back and gastrointestinal disorders are related to active or ACDUTRA service, or if they are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, gastroesophageal reflux and duodenitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0607419
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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