The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for her lumbosacral spine and maxillary sinusitis disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further evidence as the current medical records may not fully reflect the extent of the Veteran’s disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease and disc disease L5-S1 lumbosacral spine, Maxillary sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18160916
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities combine to preclude substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of August 10, 2022 for a 10% rating for allergic rhinitis is granted.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of August 10, 2022 for service connection for maxillary sinusitis under the PACT Act is denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding no evidence of a current diagnosis or symptoms related to the claimed conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and granted restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension, while dismissing appeals for compensable ratings for certain surgical scars and maxillary sinusitis. The Board also remanded several issues including service connection for residuals of left varicocelectomy, to include a hydrocele, and other disability ratings.
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