The veteran's increased rating claims for lumbar scoliosis with degenerative changes and cervical spine disorders are being remanded. Additionally, the service connection claims for left hearing loss and tinnitus are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The case is being remanded to allow for further development of evidence and consideration of applicable regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar scoliosis with degenerative changes, degenerative changes of the cervical spine at C 3-4 and C 4-5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0637183
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's lumbar spine disability. Additional VA examination and treatment records are needed.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbar scoliosis with degenerative changes and cervical spine degenerative changes, as the evidence did not show severe intervertebral disc syndrome or ankylosis.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's lumbar scoliosis with degenerative changes does not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent, as his range of motion is within normal limits and he does not have ankylosis or other severe functional impairment.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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