The Board has decided that the Veteran's chronic low back condition may be related to his military service or to a pre-existing right knee condition, but needs further examination to determine this.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner is needed to provide an opinion on whether the current low back condition is due to an injury during service or secondary to the service-connected right knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2022
- Citation
- A22020202
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for pneumonia and an increased rating for asthma, and remanded several other claims including those for heart condition, chronic low back condition, diabetes mellitus type II, GERD, hypertension, and sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for chronic low back condition, dysphagia/difficulty swallowing, right knee condition, and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome as the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic low back condition due to in-service aggravation, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of hypertension, left knee disability, and chronic low back condition for additional development as the addendum opinions are not adequate.
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