The Veteran is seeking service connection for a spine disability, including scoliosis and degenerative disc disease. The Board has ordered a remand to determine if the current spine disability was caused or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will be tasked with determining whether there is a 50 percent probability or greater that any current spine disability (including scoliosis and degenerative disc disease) is causally related to or aggravated by active service, including preexisting conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- scoliosis, degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2010
- Citation
- 1011981
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lung disorder and scoliosis, finding that the evidence did not support the existence of separate and distinct conditions from his already service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for asbestosis with bilateral pleural plaques and dismissed the appeal for service connection for scoliosis.
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