The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of her service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with compression fracture at L2 and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity sciatic nerve are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records, including those from private treatment providers, are needed to properly evaluate the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with compression fracture at L2, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18123910
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected traumatic arthritis of the spine with degenerative disc disease, IVDS, spinal stenosis, and disc herniation is rated at 40 percent. The effective date for this rating remains pending as it was granted in a September 2023 decision.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremity sciatic nerve as secondary to service-connected lumbar disability, and for left knee strain. The Veteran's claims are remanded for additional examinations and opinions regarding chronic fatigue with memory loss (CFS) and right knee disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for ratings in excess of 10 percent for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremity sciatic and femoral nerves due to a duty to assist error regarding private treatment records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 30, 2021, for the grant of service connection for hypertension and dismissed claims for earlier effective dates for other conditions.
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