The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for her low back disability and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities prior to March 19, 2021. The case will be returned to the AOJ for further development.
The deciding factor: The January 2023 Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMR) found that the Board did not provide an adequate statement of reasons and bases in its denial of a higher than 10 percent rating, by failing to address relevant treatment records and evidence of possible neurological abnormalities. The Court also found that the Board did not consider lay statements submitted by the Veteran and her coworkers about the effects of her migraines on her employment.
- Claimed conditions
- spondylolisthesis, degenerative arthritis of the spine, degenerative disc disease, intervertebral disc syndrome (low back disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24004290
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Decisions by this judge: 913 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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
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