The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a medical examination to determine if the veteran's right and left leg conditions are related to his service-connected arthritis of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: A VA examination is necessary to determine whether the veteran currently has disabilities of the lower extremities, including any radiculopathy, that are at least as likely as not (50 percent or greater likelihood) related to his service-connected arthritis of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg condition, Left leg condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0804072
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
An earlier effective date of December 6, 2016, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a left leg condition is dismissed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine, right leg, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of new and relevant evidence. Sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis arthritis were also denied as there was no medical evidence linking them to the Veteran's service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the acquired psychiatric disorder. The Veteran was also granted increased ratings for his right leg condition.
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