The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lumbar degenerative joint disease, frost bite to the left foot, and frostbite to the right foot. The appellant is also advised that VA medical records from prior to October 17, 2006 are needed.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial does not establish a service connection for lumbar degenerative joint disease (claimed as low back pain), frost bite to the left foot, and frostbite to the right foot.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative joint disease (claimed as low back pain), frost bite, left foot, frostbite, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18118820
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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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