The Board remanded the claims for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The evidence was not sufficient to establish service connection, but new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for a lumbar spine disorder. The other claims were denied as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a compression fracture of the lumbar spine with degenerative changes, Knee pain, Eye disorder (claimed as eye deterioration), Ear disorder (claimed as ear deterioration, including hearing loss and tinnitus), Prostate disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0900442
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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
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- Partly granted
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