The Board has remanded the case to the RO for a Travel Board hearing and further development of the claims.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that good cause was shown for the delay in scheduling the hearing, and thus ordered the case back to the RO for these purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine injury with degenerative changes and degenerative disc disease, left knee injury, status post arthroscopy, with history of chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0623382
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Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's left leg sciatica is etiologically related to his service-connected lumbar spine disability, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and conducting VA examinations to evaluate the veteran's lumbar spine disability and any left leg disability. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on the new rating criteria that became effective in September 2003.
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