The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a complete assessment of his lumbar spine disability and effective date issues due to incomplete records. The lumbar spine claim is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records prevent a determination on whether the Veteran's current lumbar spine disability is related to service or if it was aggravated by other disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), migraine headaches associated with TBI, loss of sense of smell associated with TBI, loss of sense of taste associated with TBI, erectile dysfunction associated with TBI, degenerative joint and disc disease of the cervical spine (cervical spine disability), right and left upper extremity radiculopathy associated with the service-connected cervical spine disability, limitation of flexion, right knee, and dislocation of semilunar cartilage, right knee, associated with the service-connected right knee strain, loss of use of a creative organ (SMC), degenerative joint disease, left knee, associated with the service-connected chronic right knee strain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2022
- Citation
- 22014725
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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
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