The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right leg, back, shoulder, and neck disabilities due to new evidence received since the last final denial. The claims are now pending for further examination and determination.
The deciding factor: New evidence supports reopening of the claim but does not provide sufficient information to determine if any current disabilities are related to service or preexisted service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Leg Length Inequality, Low Back Pain, Lumbar Lordosis, Cervical Spine Pain, Degenerative Joint Disease of Right Shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19114055
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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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