The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for additional development, including obtaining treatment records from Northern Rockies Neurosurgeons and requesting an addendum VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further development as requested by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes, lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1605519
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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