The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a spinal disorder, including conditions of the cervical and lumbar spine. The remand is due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran’s condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not consider if the Veteran's duties as an armor crewman and helicopter door gunner caused his present disability.
- Claimed conditions
- spinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20026211
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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 remands the issues of service connection for various conditions and readjudication of the character of service due to new evidence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a spinal disorder has been dismissed as he requested to withdraw the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for VR&E benefits due to incomplete development. The AOJ is instructed to obtain any vocational rehabilitation records and readjudicate the claim, considering the August 2016 memorandum decision from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
- Denied
The Board has denied both service connection for the Veteran's spinal disorder and secondary service connection for numbness of the bilateral legs due to a spinal injury as there is no established service-connected disability upon which these claims can be based.
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