The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a medical opinion to reconcile conflicting opinions in the record and determine whether the veteran's congenital back disorder was aggravated during military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to provide an adequate rationale for his opinions regarding the etiology of the veteran's low back disability and did not reconcile conflicting opinions in the record as directed by the Board's November 2007 remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, variously diagnosed
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0838067
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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.
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