The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine when the veteran first requested that his claim for service connection for a low back disability be reopened.
The deciding factor: Further development is required in order to properly determine when the veteran first requested that his previously denied claim for service connection for a lower back disorder be reopened.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative lumbar and sacral disease with lumbar canal stenosis and multiple levels of disk herniations, Impotence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0706817
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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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