The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for venous insufficiency and headaches, as well as the issue of increased initial ratings for lumbar spine multilevel degenerative disc and joint disease with bilateral sacroiliac joint osteoarthritis, impairment of the left and right thighs, limitation of extension of the left and right thighs, and limitation of flexion of the left and right thighs; and entitlement to a TDIU.,The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development including obtaining his Social Security Administration records and providing an addendum opinion regarding whether his headaches are at least as likely as not proximately due to his service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that the issues of entitlement to service connection for venous insufficiency, headaches, increased initial ratings for lumbar spine multilevel degenerative disc and joint disease with bilateral sacroiliac joint osteoarthritis, impairment of the left and right thighs, limitation of extension of the left and right thighs, and limitation of flexion of the left and right thighs; and entitlement to a TDIU must be remanded due to procedural errors in the prior decision.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"limitation of extension of the left thigh due to left hip degenerative arthritis"}, {"condition_name":"limitation of extension of the right thigh due to right hip degenerative arthritis"}, {"condition_name":"limitation of flexion of the left thigh due to left hip degenerative arthritis"}, {"condition_name":"limitation of flexion of the right thigh due to right hip degenerative arthritis"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193539
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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.
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