The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate VA medical opinions. The claims include increased rating and TDIU issues related to lower back condition and left lower extremity sensory deficit.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional retrospective medical opinions regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions from June 2008 to present, including range of motion loss due to pain and flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity sensory deficit
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22005128
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an eighth time to obtain a retrospective medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected lower back condition from June 2008 to the present, in compliance with Stegall v. West.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 25, 2017.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for PTSD, back disability, right hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and right ankle disability are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his lower back condition, left lower extremity sensory deficit prior to May 25, 2017, a rating in excess of 40 percent for his left lower extremity sensory deficit from May 25, 2017, and entitlement to TDIU prior to May 25, 2017. Additional development is required as the evidence indicates that relevant VA records have not been associated with the claims file.
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