The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence received after the last statement of the case. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings related to his degenerative disc disease and nerve radiculopathy are now pending.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence was submitted after the last SOC, necessitating a remand to allow the AOJ to consider this additional information.
- Claimed conditions
- multilevel degenerative disc disease, femoral nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity, femoral nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19163022
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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 Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from engaging in substantially gainful employment, as his last employer was able to accommodate his hearing loss and he has no other evidence showing that his disabilities render him unable to work.
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