The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and an addendum medical opinion regarding her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for updated VA treatment records and a clarification of the severity of her service-connected disabilities as they relate to loss of use of the extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- back, bilateral knee, bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23005289
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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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- Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of December 10, 2015 for total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA). The decision also grants earlier effective dates for these benefits.
- Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant, through his authorized representative, requested to withdraw the appeal.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected neck, back, and migraines required care or assistance from his wife on a regular basis to protect him from hazards in his daily environment.
- Granted
Service connection for left and right knee disabilities is granted.,An earlier effective date of April 29, 2010, but no earlier, for service connection for a back disability (lumbosacral and thoracic strain) is granted.
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