The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and adjudication, including scheduling a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to changes in personnel at the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the need to schedule another hearing for the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0615204
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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 remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to issues related to his character of discharge from service and the remaining service connection claims are also remanded as 'inextricably linked together' with the character of discharge issue.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine injury, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition (to include pes planus, plantar spurs, and fasciitis), right foot condition (to include pes planus, plantar spurs, and fasciitis), cervical radiculopathy of the left upper extremity, bilateral sciatic neuropathy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include anxiety and PTSD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the Veteran's failure to appear for a VA examination. The Veteran will be given another opportunity to attend a VA examination to evaluate his cervical spine injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are remanded due to inadequate VA examinations. Additional development is needed, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a new examination.
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