The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination for his lumbar spine disability and issuance of a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC). The TDIU claim will also be remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision requires additional development, including a new VA examination for the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability due to the need for more specific information regarding flare-ups. Additionally, a supplemental statement of the case is needed to address any newly added evidence after the October 2013 SOC.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2018
- Citation
- 1827842
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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: Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 27, 2015, for a 40 percent rating for lumbar spine spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease and entitlement to a total rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU), but denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's original 40 percent rating for his lumbar spine spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease, finding that the reduction from 40 to 20 percent was improper due to a failure to consider whether there was actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbar spine spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease, left knee strain, and right knee strain, rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment as of June 19, 2010. The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbar spine spondylolisthesis with degenerative disc disease was denied. The Veteran's claim for TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to December 21, 2012 is remanded.
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