The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and clarifying the VA examiner's opinions regarding neurological impairment. The TDIU claim is deferred pending resolution of the back disability rating issue.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to clarify the Veteran's neurological status and its relationship to his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic mechanical low back pain with underlying bulging disc and degenerative disc at L4-5 and L5-S1, neurological impairment of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2014
- Citation
- 1416094
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's pes planus was granted service connection. The Board has ordered remand for further development regarding other bilateral lower extremity disabilities and the relationship between these conditions and his service-connected rheumatoid arthritis and pes planus.
- Denied
The Board denied claims for service connection for a low back disability and neurological impairment of the lower extremities, finding no evidence linking these conditions to service or any service-connected condition.
- Denied
The Veteran does not have neurological impairment of his lower extremities and the Board concludes that service connection is not warranted for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional disability of the back, with neurological impairment of the lower extremities, as a result of VA surgical treatment in June 1983 and February 1984.
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