The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for his service-connected lumbago due to inadequate medical opinions addressing functional loss or additional loss due to flare-ups and repetitive use over time.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to obtain an adequate medical opinion that addressed the Veteran’s history of flare-ups and their impact on his lumbago disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbago
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189561
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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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- Partly granted
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