The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical nexus evidence and a need for further development.
The deciding factor: There is not competent medical nexus evidence establishing the required link between the current cervical and lumbar spine disabilities and the Veteran's military service, particularly his parachuting activities during service, fall in Panama involving knee injury, or box falling on him while stationed in the Persian Gulf region.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical osteoarthritis, disc herniation, status post discectomy fusion, small disc herniation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0937568
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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 Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including posttraumatic headaches, right shoulder bursitis, thoracolumbar spine osteoarthritis, left shoulder bursitis (prior to March 18, 2015), knee arthritis, hand degenerative joint disease, ankle strains, and cervical osteoarthritis, rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment prior to September 22, 2017. The Board granted the Veteran's TDIU claim based on this evidence.
- Granted
The Veteran's cervical spine disability, including osteoarthritis and radiculopathy, is related to an in-service fall. The Board has determined that the criteria for service connection have been met.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for cervical and lumbar osteoarthritis, finding that new and material evidence was not received since the June 2017 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's cervical osteoarthritis has been granted service connection. The remaining issues on appeal are remanded for additional development and medical opinions.
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