The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a lower and middle back disorder due to incomplete records, including accident investigation reports from Honduras, post-service treatment records, and private medical releases. The case will be reviewed based on all available evidence.
The deciding factor: Incomplete records have been identified that need to be obtained in order to make an informed decision regarding the Veteran's claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- lower and middle back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1602592
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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
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