The Veteran's claims are being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his lumbar spine disability. The TDIU claim is also held in abeyance pending resolution of the increased rating claim.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary due to the need for updated medical evidence and an appropriate evaluation of the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with sclerosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1415200
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection, increased evaluation, and TDIU are being remanded due to incomplete examination reports. The VA examiner is requested to provide an addendum opinion regarding the presence of a left leg disorder and its relationship to his service-connected lumbosacral strain with sclerosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain with sclerosis and a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, finding that his conditions did not warrant higher ratings based on the evidence provided.
- 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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