The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination and an addendum to the April 2010 VA opinion.
The deciding factor: The evidence suggests that the Veteran's low back disability may have worsened since her last VA examination, and there are service connection claims for bowel incontinence, urinary incontinence, and groin numbness claimed as secondary to her service-connected low back disability. An addendum to the April 2010 VA opinion is needed to address whether these conditions were permanently aggravated by her service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back pain with bilateral radiculopathy, bowel incontinence, urinary incontinence, groin numbness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2015
- Citation
- 1503735
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's bowel incontinence is rated at 60 percent, but not more. The Board also granted a TDIU prior to January 18, 2013.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee disability, but denied her claims for acid reflux disease and urinary incontinence. The decision also remanded her bilateral shoulder disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for non-diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities and urinary incontinence, finding no current diagnoses or credible evidence supporting these conditions.
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