The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for a VA examination and consideration of alternative evidence.
The deciding factor: The case requires additional development, including a VA examination and consideration of private medical records and other alternative evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disk disease, sciatic neuritis of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1215594
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar degenerative disk disease began during service and continues to this day, meeting all criteria for service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability was granted, with the Board finding that his current disabilities are related to his in-service diagnoses of sacralization and pseudoarthrosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and increased rating for his lumbar condition, as well as separate evaluations for a bladder condition and erectile dysfunction associated with the service-connected lumbar condition. The claims for special monthly compensation were also remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's petitions to readjudicate his claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and lumbar degenerative disk disease as there was no new and relevant evidence presented since the November 2017 rating decision.
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