The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further procedural and evidentiary development, including obtaining records of psychiatric, HIV, and low back treatment since November 2009; scheduling VA examinations for his spine and psychiatric condition; and determining whether the Veteran wishes to proceed as a pro se claimant.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional evidence was necessary prior to final adjudication due to procedural issues and incomplete development of the record.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral strain (low back disorder), residuals of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2013
- Citation
- 1302176
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