The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for further development due to ongoing VA efforts to obtain private medical records and a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence and further evaluation as indicated by ongoing VA actions.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative lumbar spondylosis, right lower extremity (RLE) sciatica, left lower extremity (LLE) sciatica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20013548
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically failing to obtain an opinion on whether the Veteran's RLE sciatica is aggravated by his service-connected vertigo.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right lower extremity (RLE) sciatica, left lower extremity (LLE) sciatica, and a right knee disability as the evidence did not support the presence of these conditions during or approximate to the pendency of the claims.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because all issues were already decided in a previous decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection for bilateral lower extremity sciatica was granted effective September 20, 2020. The condition is secondary to his previously service-connected lumbar degenerative disc disease.
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