The Board remands the claims for service connection for a recurrent lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity disability, and left lower extremity disability to allow for further development of the record.
The deciding factor: Further VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the claimed disabilities and their relationship to active service, including presumed herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent lumbar spine disability, to include injury residuals and shell fragment wound residuals, Right lower extremity disability, to include peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity disability, to include peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21062843
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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