The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for upper back and cervical conditions, as secondary to head/face injuries. The VA Form 10182 was submitted late, but the April 2019 statement of the case is considered the decision on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were pre-decisional errors in the June 2018 rating decision and remanded for further action including obtaining private medical records and scheduling VA examinations to determine if service connection can be established.
- Claimed conditions
- upper back condition, cervical condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2023
- Citation
- A23033309
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for effective dates of July 7, 2022 for service connection for cervical condition and associated left and right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy conditions as well as cervicogenic headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, neck pain, and upper back conditions due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran contends that his current disabilities are related to an in-service injury during a softball game.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeals for initial compensable ratings for headaches, service connection for degenerative arthritis with disc herniation (claimed as lumbar condition), and service connection for cervical condition are all remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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