The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for low back disorder, neck disorder, right knee disorder, and stomach cancer due to additional pertinent service records being requested from Camp Pendleton.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the need to obtain additional inpatient or clinical records from Camp Pendleton that have not yet been obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, neck disorder, right knee disorder, stomach cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19125529
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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a low back disorder to obtain additional medical evidence and ensure that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.
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