Citation Nr: 21004570 Decision Date: 01/27/21 Archive Date: 01/27/21 DOCKET NO. 15-10 644 DATE: January 27, 2021 REMANDED The appeal for entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disability is remanded. The appeal for entitlement to service connection for a low back disability is remanded. The appeal for entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from September 1978 to March 1979. The Veteran presented sworn testimony in support of her appeal during a hearing before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge in October 2018. In a March 2019 decision, the Board reopened the previously denied claim for entitlement to service connection for a lumbar spine disorder, and remanded the issues on appeal herein for further evidentiary development. In the March 2019 remand, the Board noted that a notation in the Veteran’s service personnel records reflects that in March 1979 she was treated in the hospital at Fort Campbell for a disease which occurred in the line of duty. Her service treatment records do not include reports of any hospital treatment at Fort Campbell which she had claimed. In directing development, the Board inadvertently referred to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) requesting inpatient records at Fort Campbell in “1969” and records at Fort Jackson in “1968” rather than 1979 and 1978. The AOJ subsequent received a negative request for inpatient records at Fort Campbell between January and December “1969” and Fort Jackson from January to December “1968.” See VA Form 21-3101 dated May 2019. Unfortunately, the Board must revise the remand directives for the correct dates. In connection with developing evidence to support her claim for TDIU, the Veteran has provided a list of chiropractic care she has received over the years, specifically identifying six different chiropractors. The evidence of record contains treatment records and/or medical statements from five of the six chiropractors. No records have been obtained from a Dr. Douglas, who the Veteran identified in her TDIU application and again in a December 2019 medical release form. Therefore, upon remand, records from this chiropractor should be requested. As the case must be remanded, the Veteran’s VA treatment records should be updated for her claims file. The matters are REMANDED for the following action: 1. Obtain records of inpatient treatment at Fort Campbell Hospital in March 1979 and inpatient treatment records at Fort Campbell in 1978. Document all requests for information as well as all responses in the claims file. 2. Ask the Veteran to complete an updated VA Form 21-4142 for Dr. Douglas. Make two requests for the authorized records unless it is clear after the first request that a second request would be futile. 3. Obtain the Veteran’s VA treatment records for the period from February 2020 to the Present. T. MAINELLI Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board Heather J. Harter, Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.