The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for higher initial ratings and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (T/R) for further development. The case will be returned to the RO after necessary examinations are conducted.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded because additional evidence and medical opinions are needed to properly assess the veteran's conditions and their impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a lumbar discectomy with degenerative joint disease (DJD), right lower extremity radiculitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0706663
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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 SMC based on the need for aid and attendance of another, as well as initial disability ratings for his left ankle osteoarthritis and right lower extremity radiculitis, are being remanded due to deficiencies in VA examinations and duty-to-assist errors.
- Denied
The Veteran's applications to reopen claims for service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease, right lower extremity radiculitis, left lower extremity radiculitis, and a right elbow condition were denied as new and material evidence was not received.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee pain and left and right knee pain have been reopened. The claim for increased rating for fibromyalgia has been granted, with a maximum of 40 percent assigned. The claim for increased rating for lumbar spine disability has also been granted, with a maximum of 40 percent assigned. The claims for increased ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculitis have been remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's back disability is rated at 20 percent, and a separate 10 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculitis has been granted. The TDIU claim is part of the underlying lumbar spine disability claim.
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