The Board remands the matters for further development, including obtaining a more contemporaneous examination and additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Further VA examination is needed to properly evaluate the service-connected myositis of the lumbosacral paravertebral muscles disability and to address the claim for secondary service connection for lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- myositis of the lumbosacral paravertebral muscles, disc disorder and lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0813506
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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
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