The Board is remanding the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate follow-up on previous remand instructions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations performed in response to a prior June 2014 Remand were not completed, and further attempts at clarification would likely be futile.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine disorder (neck), Idiopathic polyneuropathy of the right leg and right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2015
- Citation
- 1521667
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine disorder, finding that his current condition originated during his military service and resolving all doubt in his favor.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current neck disorder and radiculopathy in upper extremities are not related to his period of service, including an injury during service. The claims for service connection were denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine, right shoulder, and right hip disorders as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle disability. The adjustment disorder with depressed mood and idiopathic polyneuropathy of the right leg and right hip are not addressed in this decision.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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