The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic back and neck disorders is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's current back and neck conditions are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic back disorder, lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease, chronic neck disorder, cervical spine degenerative changes and spurring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1004775
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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 granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, and a chronic back disorder, both for the purposes of accrued benefits only.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease and scoliosis, as well as lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to these conditions, due to deficiencies in the evidence regarding aggravation of a pre-existing condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, and right wrist condition as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions were related to his active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for further development and examination. The issues involve evaluations for lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease and sciatic nerve radiculopathy.
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