The Board has determined that further action is needed to obtain additional VA treatment records and for the Veteran to provide any additional evidence pertinent to his claims. The claims are being remanded for these purposes.
The deciding factor: Further medical records may be relevant to the rating decisions on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar stenosis, L5-S1 disc bulging
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20081083
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 denied service connection for lumbar stenosis, finding no sufficient evidence of an in-service back injury or continuity of symptomology and a medical nexus between the Veteran's current disability and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of a low back disability, as it is unclear whether his current condition is related to an in-service spinal injection or if it is secondary to his service-connected bilateral foot disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted TDIU based on this finding.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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