The Veteran's cervical and lumbosacral spine disabilities, as well as radiculopathy, are being remanded due to insufficient opinions regarding the causation and aggravation aspects of service connection. The case will be re-adjudicated after obtaining additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician did not provide sufficient rationale for their previous opinions regarding causation and aggravation of the Veteran's spine disabilities, as required by the prior remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disability, cervical spine disability, radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2014
- Citation
- 1426548
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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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