The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further action due to incomplete secondary service connection opinions and need for additional VA treatment records. The case will be returned for a determination on whether his peripheral nerve disability is caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there has been substantial compliance with its remand directives, but the Veteran's claims are still incomplete due to the need for secondary service connection opinions and additional VA treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity pain, bilateral sensorimotor polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20069148
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to readjudicate his claims for service connection for psychiatric disability (to include PTSD), type II diabetes mellitus, and back disability based on new evidence. However, service connection is denied for all three conditions.
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