The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for nerve damage and acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete examinations and conflicting opinions. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these conditions, with nerve damage potentially secondary to a lumbar strain.
The deciding factor: Incomplete examination results and conflicting medical opinions regarding the nature of the Veteran's conditions and their relationship to service or other factors have led to remand.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve damage, sciatica, peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23002544
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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
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