The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a VA neurological examination to consider the potential application of Note (1) of Diagnostic Code 5243.
The deciding factor: The Court ordered the case remanded due to the failure to provide adequate reasons or bases regarding the potential application of Note (1) of Diagnostic Code 5243, which pertains to the potential assignment of separate ratings for neurological deficits related to the veteran's service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc and joint disease of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0724546
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) because the evidence did not show that her service-connected back disorder or left lower extremity radiculopathy alone would prevent her from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of an initial rating higher than 20 percent for degenerative disc and joint disease of the lumbosacral spine due to inadequate examination in a previous VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew from appellate consideration the issues on appeal, including the increased rating claim for degenerative disc and joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, and the service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, glaucoma, bilateral gynecomastia, status post subcutaneous mastectomy, left and right knee disorders, left and right shoulder disorders, a cervical spine disorder, and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a TDIU is being remanded due to the need for further development, including an examination and completion of VA Form 21-8940.
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