The Veteran's lumbar disc disease at L5-S1 is currently rated as 40 percent disabling. The Board has remanded the case for consideration of an extraschedular rating and to determine if a TDIU should be granted prior to September 29, 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have contributed to his inability to work due to difficulty sitting, standing, and sleeping due to his service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc disease at L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20031126
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and examination, as the current evidence is insufficient to make a determination on the claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination and consideration of his TDIU claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a spinal tap to the lower back is denied as there is no evidence that his current lumbar spine disability is related to service, including an in-service spinal tap.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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