The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and medical records from Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. A spine examination is also required to determine if any current lumbar spine disorder began in or is related to military service.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current lumbar spine disorder, including degenerative joint disease, began in or is related to any incident of military service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1329239
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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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