The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of adequate examination regarding the Veteran's lumbar spine disability and its relationship to service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report is deficient in addressing whether any identified lumbar spine disabilities are related to active service or other service-connected conditions, including right knee osteoarthritis with instability, left knee osteoarthritis with instability, right ankle with osteoarthritis, and left ankle strain with osteoarthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22034996
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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
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The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a lack of a VA examination, and the need to determine if any identified recurrent lumbar spine disability had its onset during active service or is related to any incident of service. The examiner must also assess whether it is at least as likely as not that any identified recurrent lumbar spine disability is due to or the result of the cervical spine degenerative arthritis and spondylosis and other service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of adequate examination and consideration of service treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a recurrent lumbar spine disability is being returned for further evaluation.
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