The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected lower back and coccyx strain.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's last VA examination was in June 2014, and he reported worsening symptoms. The Board finds that a remand is appropriate to ensure an accurate assessment of his disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back and coccyx strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2018
- Citation
- 18130934
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an extraschedular rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's lower back and coccyx strain, in addition to the current schedular 10 percent rating. The decision is based on marked interference with employment due to the Veteran’s symptoms.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including consideration of an extraschedular rating for the Veteran's service-connected lower back and coccyx strain.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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