The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his low back pain with limitation of motion is being remanded due to the need for a more recent VA examination and proper notice.
The deciding factor: The case requires additional development, including a new VA examination and proper notification to the veteran regarding effective dates.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back pain with limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2007
- Citation
- 0713900
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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
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- Denied
The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected low back pain with limitation of motion warrants a disability rating of 20 percent, which is the current assigned rating. The evidence does not support an increase in this rating.
- Denied
The veteran's low back disability is currently manifested by subjective complaints of pain and some limitation of range of motion, but no severe lumbosacral strain, severe limitation of low back motion, or severe intervertebral disc syndrome has been demonstrated. The RO assigned a 20 percent evaluation for the veteran's low back pain with limitation of motion.,The effective date for the assignment of a 30 percent evaluation for the residuals of a left Achilles tendon injury was granted to June 18, 1994, based on the date the veteran filed the reopened claim. The RO did not grant an earlier effective date as there is no medical evidence of an increase in the veteran's left Achilles tendon disability prior to that date.,The veteran underwent a surgical procedure for left Achilles tendinitis on September 20, 1995, and required one additional month of convalescence, to December 1, 1995. The RO granted an extension of the temporary total disability rating based on this surgery.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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