The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine the appropriate rating and service connection status of the veteran's low back disability.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded due to inadequate medical opinion evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the veteran's low back pathology, including any lumbosacral disc disease.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain superimposed on degenerative changes, lumbosacral disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0636569
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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 Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected lumbosacral disc disease and PTSD, as well as his TDIU and special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance have been remanded due to deficiencies in the examination reports.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted service connection for cervical spine strain, finding that the veteran's condition had its onset in service.
- Granted
The Board finds that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the veteran's lumbosacral disc disease with spinal stenosis was incurred in service, and grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a low back disability during service and concluded that the current condition is not related to military service. The claim for service connection was denied.
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