The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for back injury, neck injury, left leg pain, left hand numbness, and left arm numbness due to new evidence received since the June 2002 rating decision. The remaining issues of service connection are remanded as they involve a need for additional development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for back injury, neck injury, left leg pain, left hand numbness, and left arm numbness. The remaining issues require further development of the Veteran's service connection claim due to a need for verification of alleged stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- back injury, neck injury, left leg pain, left hand numbness, left arm numbness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20024886
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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 Veteran's claim for service connection for left leg pain is denied because his period of dishonorable service from December 1985 to December 1986 serves as a bar to VA benefits.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of various conditions as secondary to left ankle condition due to an improper concurrent election in a previous appeal.
- Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed due to the death of the Appellant, and no decision can be made on the underlying claims.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeals regarding the severance of service connection for right hand numbness and left hand numbness.
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