The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and private treatment records. The claims for increased ratings and TDIU are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The case was not fully developed as required by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA).
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy in the left lower extremity, radiculopathy in the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1006379
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for the right ankle condition and denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and increased rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for earlier effective dates was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.
- Granted
The veteran's service connection for a back disability and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity was granted.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected radiculopathy in the left lower extremity is rated at 20 percent from January 6, 2023.
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