The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for further development, including a VA examination to determine whether his lumbar disc disease with radiculopathy is aggravated by his service-connected residuals of a lumbar strain.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's current lumbar disc disease with radiculopathy is in any way worsened or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of a lumbar strain, and if so, determine its onset and etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc disease with radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1002469
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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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