The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination and further development is required.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide findings of additional loss of range of motion due to functional loss or flare-ups, which are necessary for a proper rating determination.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back strain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22065243
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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
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for earlier effective dates and increased initial ratings for his newly service-connected lower back strain with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected lower back strain with degenerative arthritis has not met the criteria for a higher rating, as it does not result in ankylosis or significant limitation of motion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lower back strain with degenerative arthritis and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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