The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and service personnel records to determine if the Veteran had service in Vietnam or visited Vietnam. The issues of entitlement to service connection for back disability with nerve deterioration and numbness of bilateral lower extremities are on appeal.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further development as requested by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability with nerve deterioration, numbness of bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1200332
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence, including missing medical records from various facilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to insufficient examination and treatment records, as well as the need for a supplemental opinion regarding the etiology of his lumbar spine disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for numbness of the bilateral lower extremities, CTS of the right upper extremity, and residuals of a fracture to the left fifth metatarsal joint as there is no evidence of a chronic neurologic disability or any other diagnosed condition that could be linked to her active duty service.
- Denied
The Board finds that there is no current diagnosis of numbness of the bilateral lower extremities and thus service connection for this condition cannot be granted.
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