The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for radiculopathy of the lower extremities, to include as being secondary to the appellant's service-connected disability of moderate degenerative disc disease with disc narrowing poster bulge of the disc margin at the lumbosacral junction, should be remanded due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional evidence from the appellant and his medical providers, as well as a comprehensive VA examination to determine if the radiculopathy is related to service or secondary to the service-connected lower back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- r radiculopathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2011
- Citation
- 1137915
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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
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