The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and consideration of outstanding treatment records. The case will be returned to the Board if further action is required.
The deciding factor: The decision requires a new examination to assess the current severity of the service-connected cervical spine and lumbar spine disabilities, including consideration of pain, weakened movement, excess fatigability, incoordination, flare-ups, or additional range-of-motion loss due to such factors.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine arthrosis, mechanical back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1141273
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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
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there was not substantial compliance with the November 2019 remand directives and thus, another remand is necessary to identify all low back disabilities present during the appeal period and obtain medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current lumbar spine disability is related to his service and granted service connection for mechanical back pain and degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine.
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