The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and re-adjudication of his claims.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further examination as there are incomplete findings regarding the severity of the cervical spine disability and left upper extremity nerve impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- marginal spurs at neural foramina of C6-7 and C5-6, cervical radiculopathy, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0703568
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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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- Partly granted
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