The Veteran's claims for service connection for nerve spasms, an increased initial rating for his lumbosacral spine disability, and a staged initial evaluation for his cervical spine disability are being remanded due to the need for additional development of evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board has previously remanded these issues multiple times but more records from private providers are needed to make a determination.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve spasms
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20078695
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a neurological examination to determine if the Veteran has objective indications of nerve symptoms and their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims of service connection for nerve spasms and muscle spasms should be remanded to obtain additional medical records, provide a VA examination, and readjudicate the claims.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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