The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional examination.
The deciding factor: The current medical opinions are inadequate, as they do not address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's low back disorders, including degenerative arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a jaw injury, degenerative arthritis of the spine (claimed as back condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21032317
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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
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