The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including scheduling an orthopedic examination and obtaining a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the veteran's low back disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a medical opinion is required to make a decision on the claim due to conflicting evidence in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- low back injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0632729
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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 Board has granted the Veteran's appeals for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and low back injury residuals, effective April 25, 2016. The earlier effective dates for these conditions are being remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and a compensable evaluation for tinea versicolor, finding no evidence linking the conditions to active service.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted reopening of the claim for service connection for low back injury residuals and remanded it for further development. The hypertension claim remains denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's service-connected low back injury residuals do not warrant a disability rating higher than 40 percent, as they are productive of severe limitation of motion without ankylosis and no neurological deficit.
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