The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's cervical spine disability, which may be related to service or fibromyalgia.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to address the Veteran's complaints of neck pain since service and her service-connected fibromyalgia, as well as provide a clear explanation for why the current disability is not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine (neck disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000112
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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 Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a cervical spine disability due to insufficient evidence regarding its onset during service. The case will be returned to VA for further examination and consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine disability, as there are insufficient medical opinions provided in the prior decisions. The case is sent back for further development and consideration.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his right thumb De Quervain's tenosynovitis is dismissed. The Board grants service connection for a cervical spine (neck disability), but denies service connection for bilateral upper extremity conditions, gastrointestinal disability, urethritis, and right ankle disability. Service connection for chest pain is also denied.
- 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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