The Veteran's lumbar spine disability and right and left ilio-inguinal neuralgia are being remanded for additional evaluations due to the need for updated medical records and a new examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations are outdated, and there is a need for updated medical records and a comprehensive evaluation of the Veteran's current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), right ilio-inguinal neuralgia, left ilio-inguinal neuralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23017720
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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 lumbar spine disability was granted a 40 percent rating from June 1, 2022 to September 1, 2023. The compensable rating for left ilio-inguinal neuralgia remains denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding earlier effective dates for service connection. The Veteran's somatic symptom with pain disorder is granted a 50% rating, but no higher, from November 19, 2015. The issues of service connection for a penile condition, initial compensable ratings for pubic area surgical scar and left ilio-inguinal neuralgia, and TDIU are remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal is denied as he is currently in receipt of the maximum rating available for his service-connected right ilio-inguinal neuralgia, postoperative repair.
- 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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