The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and scheduling a VA examination to address the veteran's cervical spine disability and right-sided numbness.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further development as ordered by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- right sided numbness, extradural deformity 'by disc osteophyte' to include a flattening of the spinal cord
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0821610
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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 Veteran's renal cell carcinoma, right-sided numbness, and chronic pain were not found to be related to his service or exposure to herbicides. The Board denied the claims for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to insufficient compliance with previous remand directives and a need for a new medical opinion regarding the Veteran's renal cell carcinoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for a VA opinion regarding his exposure to herbicides and the development of renal cell carcinoma, as well as the need for further consideration of secondary service connection issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current cervical spine and right sided numbness disorders are related to his military service or to a service-connected disability.
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