The Board has remanded the claims for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to address the etiology of the Veteran's neck disorder and radiculopathy. The effective dates for increased ratings are not being granted as they do not meet the criteria.
The deciding factor: The claims have been remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's neck disorder and radiculopathy, including whether these conditions are related to service or secondary to a service-connected condition (degenerative arthritis of thoracolumbar spine).
- Claimed conditions
- neck disorder/dorsal spine condition, radiculopathy of left lower extremity, radiculopathy of right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2023
- Citation
- 23066551
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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: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal of the issue regarding radiculopathy of left lower extremity. The Veteran's degenerative disc disease with spondylolisthesis, right shoulder impingement syndrome, and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity are all granted as secondary to service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain and a 20 percent rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, effective January 29, 2024 to June 2, 2025.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, while denying increased ratings for bipolar I disorder and social anxiety disorder with cued panic attacks, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and a compensable rating for cervicogenic headaches.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board reinstated the 40 percent rating for degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine and radiculopathy of right lower extremity. It also granted a 40 percent rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity and effective dates of June 27, 2018, for TDIU and DEA.
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