The Board has decided to remand the case due to duty-to-assist errors and insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's spinal arthritis.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on a lack of adequate VA medical opinions and missing private treatment records that could provide more context for the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- spinal arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24082827
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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 Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for back conditions, including degenerative disc disease and spinal arthritis. The decision finds that there is at least approximate balance of evidence supporting a link between the Veteran's in-service injury and his current back conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any of the disabilities were related to active duty.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral hip sprain and spinal arthritis, and they are dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is being remanded for a determination on whether he should have been granted TDIU prior to February 23, 2021. The Board finds that the Veteran has continuously pursued his service connection claims since April 25, 2018 and that the issue of whether TDIU can be granted prior to February 23, 2021 remains on appeal.
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