The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including increased ratings for cervical strain and valvular heart disease, as well as claims of service connection for radiculopathy in both upper and lower extremities. The issues are being remanded due to inadequate or incomplete examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not fully comply with the requirements set forth by Correia v. McDonald (2016) and Sharp v. Shulkin (2017), which require joint testing for active and passive motion in both weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing circumstances, including flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical strain, cervical spondylosis, valvular heart disease, radiculopathy, left upper extremity, raticulopathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24008565
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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 Veteran's claims for increased ratings for valvular heart disease, peripheral vascular disease of the right and left legs, and hypertension were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher ratings under the applicable rating criteria.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were granted effective from July 1, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to a procedural defect in filing the claims on the correct form.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraine headaches and cervical strain due to a duty to assist error. The AOJ failed to obtain VA medical opinions addressing the etiology of these disabilities.
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