The Board has remanded the case for further development, including consideration of an extraschedular rating and a TDIU rating on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The Board found inadequate reasons or bases for its determination that referral for extraschedular consideration was not warranted and also for finding that entitlement to a TDIU rating was not reasonably raised by the record.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1648292
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA examinations and private treatment records. The issues include increased rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes, service connection for bilateral leg disability and migraine headaches, and TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening of the claim for service connection for chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes and denied entitlement to service connection for bilateral hip pain, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or a service-connected condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 40 percent for chronic lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes was dismissed due to withdrawal. The appeal for TDIU was also dismissed as the Veteran does not meet the schedular criteria and there is no evidence of unemployability based on service-connected disabilities alone.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluation and service connection have been remanded.,His claims for reopening of service connection for migraine headaches and bilateral hearing loss were granted.
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