The Board remands the matter for additional medical examinations to assess the current severity of the veteran's service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The record does not clearly indicate what neurological symptoms are related to the veteran's separately service-connected peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremities, or whether it is possible to separate symptoms of the veteran's service-connected peripheral neuropathy from those of his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- severe degenerative joint disease with foraminal stenosis, lumbar myositis, strain, bilateral S1 radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0813848
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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