The Board has determined that a new examination is necessary to determine if the veteran's low back disorder is related to his service-connected left knee disability and whether it was aggravated by this condition. The case will be returned for further review.
The deciding factor: A VA examination is needed to address the issues of secondary service connection and aggravation of the low back disorder due to the service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint/disc disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0836885
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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 appeal for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative joint/disc disease of the lumbar spine since October 13, 2017, was dismissed. Other claims were remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Granted
The Veteran's major depressive disorder is found to be caused by his service-connected low back and radiculopathy disabilities, which prevent him from doing enjoyable activities and daily living tasks.
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