The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if any current cervical spine disability is related to service, specifically an in-service injury or event.
The deciding factor: The decision was made based on the need for further medical evaluation and assessment of the Veteran's spinal cord injury claim.
- Claimed conditions
- spinal cord injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19165827
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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's claims for service connection for spinal cord injury, loss of use of bladder, and loss of use of bowel were granted. The claims for loss of use of left and right lower extremities were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development due to a duty-to-assist error regarding service connection for spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury on a secondary basis. The Veteran's claims will be sent back to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing whether his service-connected mood disorder caused or aggravated these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's quadriplegia and spinal cord injury are being remanded for further examination to determine if they are secondary to his service-connected psychiatric disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's attempt to reopen his claim for service connection of a preexisting spinal cord injury, finding that new and material evidence had not been received.
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