The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for mechanical low back pain syndrome is remanded due to insufficient examination findings and the need for a VA examination. Additionally, if the examiner finds that his disability impacts his ability to work, he should be asked to file a TDIU application.
The deciding factor: Insufficient examination findings necessitate further evaluation by a VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- Mechanical low back pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130074
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings have been dismissed as the Veteran and his representative requested to withdraw all issues on appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.,The Veteran is also having his right shoulder and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome evaluated as they have not been examined in over a year.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's mechanical low back pain syndrome does not warrant a higher disability evaluation, as his symptoms do not meet or approximate criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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