The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for a back disability, specifically to adjudicate the Veteran's allegation of clear and unmistakable error in a January 1969 rating decision.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to non-compliance with previous Board directives regarding the review of CUE in the January 1969 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) status post lumbar fusion surgery with degenerative disc disease, neuroforaminal stenosis, disc protrusion and sprain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25016107
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 896 · Granted: 51% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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