The veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
The deciding factor: Medical examination is required to determine the current extent of the service-connected back disorder, as well as whether any ankle or gastrointestinal reflux disorders are related to her active duty service or due to her service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative lumbar discectomy, right L4-L5, right ankle disorder, gastrointestinal reflux disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0618463
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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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