The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, increases in staged ratings for sacroiliac injury and weakness with intervertebral disc syndrome (back disability), a rating in excess of 20 percent for right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, and a rating in excess of 20 percent for right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy. The issues are also remanded to obtain additional medical records and provide the Veteran with another VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the issues have been remanded due to incomplete medical records and the need for a retrospective assessment of the Veteran's back disability, including range of motion measurements and flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss disability, sacroiliac injury and weakness with intervertebral disc syndrome (back disability), right lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2023
- Citation
- 23045625
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but has remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability due to inadequate examination and reasoning.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there are pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors in the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy, and thus remands the case to obtain addendum medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, finding that there is no credible evidence linking these conditions to his active service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates of February 24, 2023 for the Veteran's 20% ratings for left and right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy and his entitlement to TDIU.
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