The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further examination and medical guidance to determine if his bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy is related to his service-connected low back disability, and to evaluate the severity of his service-connected lumbar strain.
The deciding factor: Further medical guidance is needed to ascertain whether the Veteran's radiculopathy is related to his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremities radiculopathy, service-connected lumbar strain (low back disability)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115452
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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.
What you can do next
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The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and bilateral lower extremities radiculopathy due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset during service.
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- Granted
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