The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with IVDS and spinal stenosis prior to August 23, 2022. These matters must be addressed by the AOJ in a supplemental statement of the case.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that the issues are not fully adjudicated as increased ratings have been granted effective August 23, 2022, and the Veteran's appeal for prior periods remains pending.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with IVDS and spinal stenosis, right lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2023
- Citation
- 23009628
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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 Board granted an effective date of August 26, 2021, for the award of service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 40 percent for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy with sciatic nerve involvement, but remanded several other claims including service connection for a cervical spine condition, upper extremity radiculopathies, hearing loss, thrombocytopenia, and TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with IVDS, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, and a scar on the lumbar spine.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection for various conditions, effective date determinations, and other claims due to procedural defects in the initial rating decision.
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