The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to fully and fairly consider the Veteran's claims, including obtaining records from SSA and scheduling VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence and examination are necessary to properly adjudicate the service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) and Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the cervical spine, Neuropathy of the left upper extremity (to include radiculopathy of the neck and left shoulder), Acquired Chronic Psychiatric Disability (claimed as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, and Major Depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1039525
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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 Veteran's increased disability ratings for DDD and DJD of the lumbar spine, cervical spine, left shoulder, and tension headaches are granted with an effective date of December 1, 2013.
- Granted
The Veteran's DDD and DJD of the cervical spine are currently rated at 10 percent disabling, effective March 11, 2004. The appeal for higher initial ratings is denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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