The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a new examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions, specifically his right lower extremity sciatica condition and right leg quadriceps tendon repair surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity sciatica, right leg, quad tendon repair surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19193940
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Decisions by this judge: 2,592 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings for lumbar spine arthritis and right lower extremity sciatica have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity sciatica, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain. The decision is based on a finding of reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding service connection for left and right lower extremity sciatica, leading to the dismissal of these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for lower back pain, left and right lower extremity sciatica due to a lack of VA examinations and medical opinions addressing the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions. The Veteran was not provided with an addendum opinion reconciling his in-service injury with post-service motor vehicle accident.
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