The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient response in the addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's back and cervical spine conditions are post-traumatic reactions from his 1983 motor vehicle accident.
The deciding factor: The addendum opinion did not address whether the Veteran’s current conditions are post-traumatic reactions from the accident, which is a necessary consideration for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Back condition, Cervical spine condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19100822
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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.
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