The veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability is being remanded due to the need to consider amended rating criteria and ensure all relevant medical records are obtained.
The deciding factor: The claim must be remanded because the amended rating provisions have not been considered, and additional development is needed to ascertain if there has been any VA or non-VA treatment for the service-connected back disorder that is not currently on file.
- Claimed conditions
- L5-S1 bulging and degenerative joint disease, bulging disc at L5-S1 with right S1 radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0618706
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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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