The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to missing private treatment records and incomplete VA examinations. The Veteran's TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with his increased rating claims.
The deciding factor: There are outstanding relevant private treatment records that need to be obtained, and the VA examinations did not provide necessary information regarding pain levels during range of motion testing.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain with mild disc bulge L4-5, residuals of injury to the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22059681
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including additional VA examinations and an addendum opinion regarding his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unemployable prior to September 25, 2013.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and development of his employment history. The TDIU issue will be reviewed by the Under Secretary for Benefits or Director of Compensation and Pension Service to determine if an extra-schedular evaluation is warranted.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was denied as his combined rating is 60 percent, which does not meet the schedular requirements for TDIU.
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