The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining a medical opinion and ensuring that any additional evidentiary development suggested by the examiner is undertaken.
The deciding factor: The VA examination conducted in July 2009 may have used an incorrect standard of review, necessitating a clarifying medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1430190
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected lumbar condition, tinnitus, and atrial fibrillation have rendered him unable to cook, bathe himself, drive, and require regular aid and attendance. The Board has granted SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbar condition, left knee condition, LLE radiculopathy as secondary to service-connected lumbar condition, RLE radiculopathy as secondary to service-connected lumbar condition, and OSA as secondary to service-connected diabetes and orthopedic conditions.
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