The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether VA fault caused the veteran's current spinal stenosis following his January 2001 cervical discectomy and fusion with right iliac crest bone.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded for a VA examination by an appropriate medical specialist other than those who previously examined the veteran to determine if VA fault caused the veteran's current spinal stenosis.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spinal stenosis, status-post removal of bone from the right iliac for cervical fusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0621429
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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 denied the claims for a temporary total convalescence rating and a compensable rating for the left foot condition, but remanded the claim for service connection for cervical spinal stenosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical spinal stenosis to verify all periods of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA), obtain private medical records, and schedule a VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for migraines, cervical spinal stenosis, a scar on neck, and right ankle disability, as well as increased ratings for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The appeal for service connection for PTSD was denied due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a March 2017 ankle surgery, as well as service connection for cervical spinal stenosis as secondary to complex regional pain syndrome.
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