The Board has added new medical evidence to the Veteran's claims file and is remanding both increased rating for spine disability and total disability rating for individual unemployability due to the addition of relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the addition of new, pertinent evidence requires a readjudication of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103430
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a spine disability, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the current disability and the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right knee disability, left knee disability, spine disability, and sleep apnea to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) due to his service-connected spine disability and associated radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, effective September 27, 2013.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims of entitlement to a higher rating for PTSD and service connection for spine disability are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and evaluations.
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