The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including obtaining addendum opinions and a VA examination. The issues of service connection for radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, upper extremities, and lumbar spine sprain are pending.
The deciding factor: The decision is being remanded to allow for further development as requested by the Board in its previous decision.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, raviculopathy of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802073
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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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