The Veteran's claims for service connection, increased ratings, and effective dates are being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: The claims involve multiple issues including service connection, increased disability ratings, and effective date determinations which require further review and evidence collection.
- Claimed conditions
- low back spondylitis, hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18160828
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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