The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for further development due to inadequate examination reports.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was unable to determine without resort to speculation whether pain, weakness, fatigability or incoordination significantly limited functional ability with repeated use over a period of time or during flares.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of lumbar laminectomy and discectomy, lumbar laminectomy scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19103299
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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