The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including effective date for scar, low back prior to April 15, 2017; evaluation greater than 70 percent for anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder; compensable evaluation for scar, low back; and evaluation greater than 40 percent for residuals, status post lumbar discectomy. The Veteran's claims will be remanded for further adjudication by the RO.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional evidence has been added to the record since the last decision and ordered its consideration by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- scar, low back, anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, residuals, status post lumbar discectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2024
- Citation
- 24016361
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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.
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