The Board has remanded the case due to an issue involving a claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a prior rating decision, which is distinct from the main issue regarding the effective date for service connection.
The deciding factor: The CUE claim impacts the determination on the appropriate effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracic spine degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21066521
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's psoriasis has been granted a 60 percent rating. The evaluations for his left foot and right foot degenerative joint disease with calcaneal spur, as well as his thoracic spine degenerative disc disease, are being remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's thoracic spine degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease are granted as service connected. The claims for right shoulder, left shoulder, right elbow, and left elbow disabilities are remanded.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for several conditions but granted an effective date of June 28, 2021 for radiculopathy in the right upper extremity.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, thoracic spine degenerative disc disease, and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity with sciatic nerve impairment, rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment from July 26, 2017.
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