The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an adequate VA examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: Further examination by an orthopedic physician is required to determine if the Veteran's current condition is related to his parachute jumps in service, which may affect his service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1242959
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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