The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new evidence being added to the record since the last Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted by the Veteran, necessitating a review and potential re-adjudication of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- neck/cervical spine condition, left upper cervical radiculopathy, right upper cervical radiculopathy, degenerative joint disease- right sacroiliac joint
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23055975
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities, while severe, do not render him unable to obtain or maintain a gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for special monthly compensation to correct a duty to assist error and to obtain an examination regarding potential loss of use of extremities.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and ratings for various conditions, including left knee limitation of extension, left knee (subluxation/instability), left knee degenerative arthritis, cervical spine degenerative arthritis with spondylolisthesis, left upper cervical radiculopathy, and headaches associated with a traumatic brain injury.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for low back/thoracolumbar spine condition and neck (claimed as musculoskeletal/neck/upper back/cervical spine) have been dismissed as moot because the conditions were granted in a September 2023 rating decision.
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