The appeal is remanded to the RO for a contemporaneous and thorough VA examination due to the lack of recent medical evidence and the need to reassess the severity of the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The current severity of the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine condition cannot be accurately determined without a new examination, as the last one was conducted under limited circumstances due to an unrelated injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of herniated nucleus pulposus, status post lumbar laminectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0908348
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,454 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0908348.
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.
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