The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including the retrieval of recent outpatient records and authorization to obtain private treatment records. The TDIU claim will also be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and determine appropriate ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint and disc disease, cervical spine degenerative joint and disc disease, postoperative right knee with patellofemoral pain, postoperative left knee with chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2013
- Citation
- 1316042
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's cervical spine degenerative joint and disc disease, upper thoracic spine myofascial strain, and left elbow strain and triceps enthesophyte disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service-connected right shoulder, left shoulder, and cervical spine disabilities, as the evidence showed that these conditions arose on December 21, 2016.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings on multiple service-connected disabilities have been dismissed as the Veteran has withdrawn his appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for sleep apnea, cervical spine degenerative joint and disc disease, lumbar spine degenerative joint and disc disease, bilateral pterygium, and truncal dermatitis and onychomycosis of the bilateral great toe nails require additional development due to the need for a VA examination.
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