The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to the need for additional development of his medical records and a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is required, including treatment records from 2006-2007 and an updated VA examination to assess the current severity of the veteran's service-connected low back injury with chronic lumbosacral strain and disc space narrowing at L4-5.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a low back injury with chronic lumbosacral strain and disc space narrowing at L4-5, lower extremity weakness, bowel and bladder incontinence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0801967
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's increased stipend in the PCAFC is granted due to his need for personal care services each time he completes at least three ADLs and is fully dependent on a caregiver, based on his service-connected conditions and documented medical problems.
- Granted
The Veteran's left ankle disability is rated at the maximum allowable under current criteria, and service connection for bowel and bladder incontinence is granted due to equipoise of evidence.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bowel and bladder incontinence is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, thus granting service connection for this condition.
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