The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities due to additional evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records were added to the case file, necessitating a new review of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical disability, lumbar disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18144171
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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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