The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's right and left lower extremity neurological disorders are aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral strain, and whether they are related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions did not adequately address whether the Veteran’s neurological disorders were aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral strain or causally related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity neurological disorder, Left lower extremity neurological disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2020
- Citation
- A20017913
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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