The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for a VA examination to determine if the veteran currently suffers from a lower back disability and its etiology.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further evidence and an examination to properly evaluate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0616898
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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 Veteran's low back disability was rated at 10 percent prior to January 26, 2016 and granted a 20 percent rating effective from that date. The appeal is denied for higher ratings.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic low back disability and ventral hernia, postoperative. The claims are remanded to allow for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examination provided in November 2014 was inadequate for addressing whether the Veteran's chronic low back disability is secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disability. The case is being remanded to obtain a new opinion from an appropriate examiner.
- Denied
The Board found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a chronic low back disability.
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