The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to obtain missing VA and private treatment records, as well as an updated examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- intervertebral disc syndrome with arthritis (claimed as lower back strain), right lower femoral nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2023
- Citation
- 23003043
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's ratings for left lower femoral nerve radiculopathy, right lower femoral nerve radiculopathy, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, and right lower sciatic nerve radiculopathy were improperly reduced. The reductions are now reinstated.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus is related to active duty. The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, right lower sciatic nerve radiculopathy, and right lower femoral nerve radiculopathy were considered for a temporary total rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 beyond April 1, 2017.,SMC at the housebound rate was denied as she did not meet the criteria of being permanently housebound due to service-connected disabilities.
- 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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