The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim of service connection for sciatic nerve disorder, including as secondary to lumbar facet joint arthropathy and disc disease due to insufficient reasoning in a previous VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not reconcile findings from recent examinations with their conclusion that there was no peripheral neuropathy in the lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic nerve disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19135189
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19135189.
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
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's sciatic nerve disorder with left leg neuropathy is being remanded for further evaluation due to incomplete causation and aggravation opinions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a sciatic nerve disorder because there is no current diagnosis or evidence supporting the claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded multiple claims due to the need for additional medical examinations and records, including those related to service connection and disability ratings.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a sciatic nerve disorder of the left lower extremity, higher ratings for his service-connected left hip disorders, and entitlement to TDIU are being remanded due to pre-decisional errors in developing the claims.
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