The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity sciatica are being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence of in-service injury or disease associated with the claimed conditions, necessitating further investigation through a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder (acquired psychiatric disorder), sciatica left lower extremity, sciatica right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24054769
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities have precluded his substantial and gainful employment since December 28, 2011. The Board finds that the schedular criteria for a TDIU rating have been met.
- Granted
The Veteran's sciatica right lower extremity associated with degenerative disc and facet disease is now rated at 40 percent from December 4, 2019. The previous rating of 10 percent prior to that date remains unchanged.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of her migraine headaches, sciatica of the right and left lower extremities associated with her low back disability, and service connection for right carpal tunnel syndrome were denied. The Veteran's claim for higher evaluations of her migraine headaches was granted up to a 30 percent evaluation effective May 27, 2011.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded due to the need for clarification and further examination regarding his service-connected disabilities.
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