The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral lower extremity disorder, secondary to his service-connected degenerative disc disease and multilevel spondylosis of the lumbosacral spine is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to determine if the Veteran's current lower extremity disorders are caused or aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease and multilevel spondylosis of the lumbosacral spine, Bilateral lower extremity disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1432718
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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).
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