The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration, including obtaining updated VA treatment records, private medical records, tax returns, and a VA examination. The issues of TDIU and whether the Veteran is incarcerated are also being addressed.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather about determining if the Veteran's service-connected conditions prevent him from engaging in sedentary employment due to his back condition and right lower extremity radiculopathy, which were not considered in previous decisions. The Board found that these issues needed further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Back condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163995
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an effective date of July 31, 2012, for TDIU and October 22, 2012, for service connection of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Denied
The appeal for higher ratings and effective dates for various conditions was denied, with the exception of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy which were granted an earlier effective date.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for various disabilities and granted earlier effective dates for service connection of scars, but denied an earlier effective date for individual unemployability.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's cervical spine disability is granted a 30 percent rating, while the lumbar and lower extremity radiculopathy claims are denied. An earlier effective date for right lower extremity radiculopathy was granted, and TDIU based on single service-connected disability is remanded.
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