The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional service treatment records and in-service hospital records. The case will be adjudicated again after these records have been obtained.
The deciding factor: Additional service treatment records and in-service hospital records are needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- disorder of the lumbar spine, disorder of the cervical spine, bilateral lower extremity disorder (including bilateral peripheral neuropathy), bilateral foot disorder (including bilateral hallux valgus)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2012
- Citation
- 1209270
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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 dismissed the appeal of sleep apnea due to withdrawal. The remaining issues have been remanded for further action.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's sleep apnea and lumbar spine disorder are granted service connection. The joint pain issue is remanded for further examination and opinion.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claims for neurological disorders of the bilateral lower extremities and a disorder of the lumbar spine are granted, with the condition being related to his periods of active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disorder, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis was not related to her period of active service or service-connected disability. The issues of increased ratings and TDIU were also remanded.
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