The Veteran's service-connected disabilities meet a combined rating of 60 percent, but the Board has referred the issue to the Director for extraschedular consideration due to evidence suggesting his disabilities impact his ability to maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: Evidence in the record suggests that the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities may have impacted his ability to maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical stenosis, lumbar stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194318
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbar stenosis, finding no sufficient evidence of an in-service back injury or continuity of symptomology and a medical nexus between the Veteran's current disability and his military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical stenosis, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran based on his reports of continued pain since service and the absence of post-service injuries.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate notification and scheduling of VA examinations. The Veteran was not properly notified of scheduled VA examinations, which may have affected his claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for SMC based on the need for aid and attendance or housebound status is remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The service connection claim for a back disability as secondary to his bilateral knee disabilities is also remanded.
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