The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination to assess the veteran's lumbar spine and thoracic spine disabilities. The appeal involves evaluating whether there are flare-ups, chronic pain, and functional loss in these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The examiner must provide findings regarding range of motion, incoordination, and pain during flare-ups for both the thoracolumbar spine, lumbar spine, and thoracic spine to properly evaluate the veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic strain, lumbosacral spine, chronic strain, thoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0830885
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's service-connected back condition, bilateral hallux valgus, and PTSD. The RO continued the initial ratings of 20 percent for chronic strain, lumbosacral spine; zero percent for bilateral hallux valgus; and 50 percent for PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand two issues: entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability and entitlement to an extraschedular rating for the Veteran's service-connected back disability. The decision is based on incomplete records, specifically missing Social Security Administration disability benefits records.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for higher initial disability ratings for his lumbar and thoracic spine disabilities have been denied. The VA has considered all relevant evidence, including the results of VA compensation examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for his service-connected lumbosacral spine disability are being remanded to allow for additional development of the medical records.
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