The Board has ordered a VA examination to determine if the veteran's degenerative disc disease at L4-5 and L5-S1 is related to his military service. The case will be remanded for this purpose.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to assess whether it is at least as likely as not that the veteran's condition is due to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease at L4-5 and L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0701151
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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