The veteran's appeal is remanded due to procedural deficiencies and the need for a VA examination to assess his employability.
The deciding factor: Procedural issues were identified, including the need for an SOC on increased ratings for sciatica of the left leg and lumbosacral disc disease. The veteran needs a VA examination to determine his employability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral disc disease, sciatica of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0835864
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claim for service connection for sciatica of the left leg.
- Denied
The Veteran's sciatica of the left leg is rated at 10 percent, and the Board found that a higher rating was not warranted based on the evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the September 2020 rating decision severing service connection for lumbosacral strain was not proper and has remanded both issues of whether the September 2020 rating decision was proper, as well as the issue of entitlement to service connection for sciatica of the left leg as secondary to lumbosacral strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims due to uncertainty regarding whether the Veteran's radicular symptoms are associated with sciatic or femoral nerve impairment. The case is sent back for a medical opinion.
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