The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his inability to attend the scheduled hearing. The case will be returned for further review after rescheduling a new hearing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested and was granted a rescheduled hearing, but failed to appear due to medical reasons.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with stenosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1737520
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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 to the AOJ for additional development, including a VA examination and adjudication of issues related to service connection and TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, residuals of a right eye injury, and a sleep disorder. The veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with stenosis, radiculopathy of each leg, PTSD, loss of the left great toenail, onychomycosis and tinea pedis, and COPD were not rated higher than their current levels.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence submitted since the March 1997 rating decision. The evidence now suggests that his current low back disability may be related to service, specifically an injury sustained in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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