The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and failure to consider lay statements regarding continuity of symptomatology.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address the Veteran's lay statements about his ongoing neck pain since service, nor did they consider the private medical records indicating a history of spondylosis prior to 1995.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), cervical radiculopathy, cervical spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22033064
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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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