The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and a determination of his current disability severity. The issues of entitlement to service connection for shoulder pain, knee pain, and leg pain are also pending.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's thoracolumbar strain and other claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar strain with anterior wedging at T12, shoulder pain, knee pain, leg pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1411301
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's eligibility for the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is being remanded due to a lack of adequate explanation in the VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran requires personal care services based on the criteria listed in 38 U.S.C. § 1720G(a)(2)(C) and 38 C.F.R. § 71.20(a)(3).
- Granted
The Veteran developed an additional disability, including nerve damage, prolonged right hip pain, leg pain, foot pain, and calcified hematoma, after a right total hip arthroplasty performed at a VA facility in November 1998. The Board found that the VA's failure to properly treat the right hip arthoplasty and failure to timely diagnose the right hip avascular necrosis caused her additional disability. As such, the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 was granted.
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