The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between his service-connected psychiatric disability and his claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The previous VA opinions did not consider all relevant factors, including the role of exercise in developing musculoskeletal disorders and the potential clinical correlation between a psychiatric disability and anemia.
- Claimed conditions
- left pelvic girdle disorder/lumbar scoliosis, chronic hemorrhoids, chronic anemia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19105126
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for urinary frequency. The other claims were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded several issues for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic cervical strain, to include degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease and spondylolisthesis. The claim for service connection for chronic anemia and chronic kidney disease was remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right hand carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as a 20 percent disability rating for both left and right foot plantar fasciitis. The claim for chronic hemorrhoids was denied.
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