The Board has remanded the case for further development due to missing records and incomplete VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional records were needed before a decision could be made on the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- status post lumbar strain with multilevel degenerative disc disease, status-post right shoulder partial rotator cuff tear, status post left knee strain with degenerative changes, status post right knee strain with residual pain, hallux valgus, left foot, status post fracture of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal and sesamoidectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2013
- Citation
- 1327613
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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 Veteran's service-connected lumbar strain with multilevel degenerative disc disease is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The Board has determined that a higher rating of 40 percent is warranted since January 12, 2012.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied for all issues related to his service-connected disabilities. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher ratings or earlier effective dates.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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