The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a lumbar spine disability and remanded it for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, namely the existence of a lumbar spine disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar arthritis, mild lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2012
- Citation
- 1205283
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, finding that it is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for secondary service connection for lumbar arthritis and degenerative disc disease, finding that his claimed back conditions are due to or aggravated by his service-connected knee conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is currently rated at 20 percent, but the Board finds that it does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating. The Veteran's other service-connected conditions are also denied.
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