The Veteran's lumbosacral spine disability is being remanded for additional examination and rating considerations.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine disability, including functional loss due to pain and flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine, Spondylolisthesis due to a spinal fusion postoperative with scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22042556
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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 Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 40 percent for major depressive disorder is denied. The claim for TDIU is granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine and spondylolisthesis due to a spinal fusion postoperative with scar are rated at 40 percent from May 4, 2009, to present (exclusive of the period of a total disability rating from November 16, 2009, to December 31, 2009).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of consideration of additional evidence and the need for a new VA examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine are currently rated at 20 percent, which is the maximum rating available under the General Rating Formula for Diseases and Injuries of the Spine. The evidence does not support a higher rating.
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