The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate VA examinations and missing medical records.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not address the onset of the Veteran’s RLE radiculopathy, functional loss during flare-ups, or the nature and severity of his neurological disorders. Additionally, there are conflicting medical opinions regarding the diagnosis and etiology of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- RLE radiculopathy, LLE radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve, RLE radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve, Thoracolumbar (lumbar) spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20068725
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Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 Board has denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for right lower extremity and left lower extremity radiculopathy, finding that the evidence does not support a finding of moderate symptoms.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbar condition, left knee condition, LLE radiculopathy as secondary to service-connected lumbar condition, RLE radiculopathy as secondary to service-connected lumbar condition, and OSA as secondary to service-connected diabetes and orthopedic conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right lower extremity and left lower extremity radiculopathy due to a lack of current diagnosis or functional impairment related to the Veteran's reported symptoms.
- Dismissed
The appeal for RLE radiculopathy and bilateral hearing loss is dismissed.,The appeals for a rating in excess of 30 percent for right knee arthroplasty and service connection for left knee disorder are remanded.
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