The Board has vacated its decision and remanded the case due to failure to consider the veteran's SSA disability determination.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to take into account the veteran's fully favorable October 2002 Social Security Administration (SSA) disability determination, which indicated continuous entitlement to SSA benefits since 1978.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both lower extremities, neurogenic bowel, bladder dysfunction, loss of sexual function, loss of motor function in the middle and lower chest, vertebral fracture with cord involvement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636922
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for aphonia, restored the 60 percent rating for bladder dysfunction, and denied SMC based on loss of use of the right upper extremity.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for neurogenic bowel and remanded the issue of entitlement to a higher initial rating.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including dizziness, degenerative changes and spinal stenosis of the thoracolumbar spine, bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, bronchiolitis, GERD, migraine headaches, neurogenic bowel, and sleep apnea.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for neurogenic bowel due to an incomplete medical examination.
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