The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for additional development to obtain medical opinions addressing whether his current lumbar spine disorders are related to service, specifically an injury in December 1970, and whether they are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide adequate opinions regarding the Veteran's claims for direct service connection and secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1421120
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lumbar and cervical spine disorders, including arthritis, strain, spondylolisthesis, DJD, DDD, radiculopathy, and a total rating for convalescence based on cervical spine surgery. The issues are inextricably intertwined due to the potential impact of adjudicating one claim on another.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, anxiety disorder, depression, cervical spine disorders, lumbar spine disorders, and peripheral neuropathy do not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination. The effective dates of his service connection awards remain pending.
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