The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain a new VA examination and to consider the possibility of additional private treatment records. The claim for an increased rating must be reconsidered with consideration of all pertinent evidence and legal authority.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified that his condition has worsened since the last examination, necessitating a new evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine injury with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1548046
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for cervical and thoracic spine injuries with degenerative disc disease, finding that the appellant's current conditions were not incurred or aggravated by his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for an adequate VA examination and opinion to determine if there is a 50 percent probability or greater that any currently diagnosed cervical spine disorder is etiologically related to service, including complaints of back pain therein. The appellant's reports of continuity of symptomatology in the thoracic and cervical spine region since service should be considered.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development, including a new VA examination that accurately addresses the medical evidence of record and considers whether the Veteran's lay statements regarding continuity of symptomatology support a finding of a nexus between the in-service golf cart injury to the back and his present cervical and thoracic spine disorders.
- 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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