The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and will consider service connection for multilevel degenerative disc disease, L4-5, and disc bulges at L3-4 and L5-S1.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records have not been obtained as requested by VA's duty to assist under the VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- multilevel degenerative disc disease, L4-5, disc bulges at L3-4 and L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0619226
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's 40 percent rating for multilevel degenerative disc disease, but has remanded the issue of entitlement to a higher rating due to lack of proper findings in the reduction process. The case is also remanded for an examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's back disability.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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