The Board has remanded the cases due to a need for another VA examination to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding his back pain since service.
The deciding factor: The examiner must take into consideration and address the Veteran’s service, VA and private treatment records, as well as any pertinent lay statements of record in the claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical disc disease, thoracolumbar disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128493
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical disc disease due to an insufficient VA opinion and a need to obtain additional medical records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for cervical disc disease and service connection for left shoulder, right shoulder, and right knee disabilities due to a need for additional evidence.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus, cervical disc disease, and migraines are all granted service connection. The Veteran is also remanded for additional audiograms to determine the severity of his bilateral hearing loss and a VA examination to assess the severity of his broken right hand disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's thoracolumbar disc disease remains at a 40% rating. Service connection for psychiatric disorders, left and right arm loss of feeling and numbness are remanded due to inadequate examination findings.
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