The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling examinations to clarify diagnoses and determine etiology.
The deciding factor: Further clarification is needed regarding the Veteran's diagnosed conditions and their relationship to service-connected ankylosing spondylitis of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Left upper extremity weakness, Right upper extremity weakness, Left lower extremity weakness and foot drop, Right lower extremity weakness and foot drop, Ankylosing spondylitis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1756821
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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.
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