The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete compliance with previous remand instructions. The claim will be further evaluated by a VA medical professional.
The deciding factor: Incomplete compliance with previous remand instructions requires an addendum opinion regarding the diagnosis of herniated disks and its relationship to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition including spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease (DDD), and disc herniation, bilateral hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21068012
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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: Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review types.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to service. The issues of entitlement to service connection for various gastrointestinal and hip disabilities are being reviewed again.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine disorder and bilateral hip replacement secondary to the lumbar spine disorder, finding that the Veteran's conditions are not related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in the physical loss or permanent loss of use of at least one hand or foot, nor does he have ankylosis of either hip. Therefore, he is ineligible for financial assistance in purchasing a vehicle with adaptive equipment.
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