The veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for his service-connected low back strain with degenerative disc disease is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence and examination are required to properly assess the veteran's condition and determine an appropriate disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0610602
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraines, including migraine variants, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and granted a TDIU rating on an accrued basis.
- Denied
The appeal seeking revision or reversal of the January 27, 2016 rating decision that reduced from 40 to 10 percent the rating for service-connected low back disability was denied.
- Granted
The Veteran is permanently and totally disabled due to service-connected disabilities resulting in loss of use of both lower extremities, which qualifies him for specially adapted housing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient attempts to obtain his private medical records, particularly those from a chiropractor.
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