The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting evidence regarding the Veteran's right lower extremity nerve impairment and a need for clarification of the diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The conflicting evidence in the record, including clinical assessments of radiculopathy and sciatica, needs to be reconciled by a new VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic nerve impairment of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22069353
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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 Board has determined that the Veteran's current sciatic nerve impairment of the right lower extremity did not begin during active service or is not related to an in-service injury, event, or disease. The claim for service connection is therefore denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including obtaining an addendum opinion from the VA examiner to retrospectively assess the Veteran's lumbar spine disability from January 29, 2010, through October 21, 2019.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU is granted as of June 17, 2016 due to marginal employment. Prior to that date, his income was above the poverty level and he had been employed full-time.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to errors in obtaining medical records and inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran's psychiatric disorder is being evaluated again, a new examination of his back disability and neurological disabilities is needed, and the TDIU on a schedular basis only is also being remanded.
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