The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for the 40 percent and 70 percent ratings of lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and PTSD with major depressive disorder and anxious distress, respectively.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors related to medication effects on the service-connected conditions and outstanding private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, PTSD with major depressive disorder and anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037275
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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased initial ratings and service connection, effective November 18, 2019.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's lumbosacral strain, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood chronic, sleepwalker disorder, and lower lumbar extremity radiculopathies. The claims for service connection for PTSD, erectile dysfunction, obstructive sleep apnea, and a TDIU were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease was granted a rating of 40 percent on and after August 11, 2018.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain issues.
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