The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical evidence and need for further examination. The issues include left shoulder, lumbar spine, cervical spine, and radiculopathy of the left arm disabilities.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded as there is insufficient medical evidence and a need for further examination to determine the relationship between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disability, lumbar spine disability (multilevel degeneration, anterior osteophytes, central canal stenosis, intervertebral disc syndrome, Schmorl’s nodes endplate, facets disease), cervical spine disability (disc herniations, degenerative disc disease, foraminal stenosis, impingement syndrome, spondylitic ridges), rhabdomyosarcoma of the left arm (radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18134187
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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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