The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional medical opinions and records in order to determine if the Veteran's current thoracic spine disability is related to service, including any fall from a tree during active duty.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's current thoracic spine disability (including compression fractures of T9-T11 and Scheuermann's kyphosis) are consistent with his service-connected conditions and determine if they were caused or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- compression fractures of T9-T11, Scheuermann's kyphosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1006554
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to reverse a June 1988 rating decision that denied service connection for Scheuermann's kyphosis, finding no CUE.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for a back disorder diagnosed as muscle strain. The case is remanded to determine if the Veteran's Scheuermann's kyphosis and arthritis are related to his in-service lightning strike or secondary to his now service-connected back muscle strain.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Scheuermann's kyphosis and osteoarthritis, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal because he did not file a timely notice of disagreement with the January 2009 rating decision that granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the thoracic and lumbar segments of the spine with compression, disc protrusion, and spinal stenosis, and denied service connection for a disability of the cervical spine/upper back and Scheuermann's kyphosis.
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