The Board has remanded the cases for additional development and readjudication due to outstanding VA treatment records from non-VA providers through the Community Care Network, as well as extraschedular consideration.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical evidence and for a determination of whether the Veteran's disabilities warrant extra-schedular rating considerations.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a thoracic spine injury, chronic lumbar spine strain with DJD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2023
- Citation
- 23044113
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability. The claim is reopened due to new evidence, but the issue of service connection remains pending.
- Denied
The Board denied the motion for CUE in a previous decision that denied service connection for residuals of a thoracic spine injury. The Board found no error and concluded there was not CUE.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for residuals of a thoracic spine injury, finding that his disability did not meet the criteria for an increased rating under the applicable diagnostic codes. The issue of service connection for tension headaches was also addressed but is referred to the RO for further action.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a remand to obtain additional medical records that may support the Veteran's claim for service connection for his thoracic spine injury.
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