The veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and for further examination. The issues of entitlement to an increased evaluation for his lower back disability and service connection for a psychiatric disorder are pending.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to ensure all relevant medical records, including those from the US Army Reserve, have been obtained and reviewed before making a determination on the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disability, psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0630292
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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 remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability to correct an error in not securing an adequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, headaches, and a psychiatric disorder. The evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the skin disability was also denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a lower back disability, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during his service and has progressively worsened since separation.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right knee disorder, left knee disorder, hemorrhoids, bowel problems, and psychiatric disorder as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's active military service.
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