The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for epidural fibrosis, status post hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, and partial pediculectomy at L5 is being remanded due to the need for a contemporaneous VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required as there are no recent contemporary medical evidence of the Veteran's disability in the claims folder.
- Claimed conditions
- epidural fibrosis, status post hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, partial pediculectomy at L5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0914888
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for a low back disability, finding that his preexisting condition was aggravated during his deployment to Iraq.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for her epidural fibrosis, status post hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, and partial pediculectomy at L5 was granted, with the effective date set from August 25, 1993 to May 19, 2000.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for her service-connected epidural fibrosis, status post hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, and partial pediculectomy at L5 is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's post-operative residuals are not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill. The Board finds no fault on the part of VA and concludes that the additional disability was not unforeseeable.
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