The Board has determined that additional development is necessary before final adjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including lumbar spine disability, bilateral lower extremity neurological disabilities, eye disabilities, left hip disability, and bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board finds insufficient evidence in the current record to determine whether the Veteran's claimed disabilities are related to his military service or other etiologies. The Veteran is therefore entitled to a new examination and medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity neurological disability, right lower extremity neurological disability, bilateral eye disability, left hip disability, bilateral knee disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22045623
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for miscarriage, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and right elbow disability due to insufficient examination opinions and incomplete service history verification.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for left and right hip disabilities due to inadequate VA medical opinions. The Veteran will need an adequate VA medical opinion to determine if his hip disabilities are related to service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disability, right knee disability, lumbar spine disability, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as these issues have been addressed in a separate docket.
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