The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected low back and right lower extremity conditions.
The deciding factor: The case requires further development due to outstanding medical records and the need for updated assessments of the Veteran's disability levels.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine, Radiculopathy in the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0948908
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding higher ratings for degenerative lumbar spine disease, radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity. The appeal for TDIU was also dismissed.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not rendered him unemployable or unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's lumbar spine disability is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral frozen foot disability, and thus denied the claim for secondary service connection.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable or unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.
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