The Board has remanded the case for a new examination to assess the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's claimed low back disability. The examiner is asked to clarify whether the Veteran's chronic myofascial lumbar pain pre-existed her service from August 2005 to August 2010, if so, whether it was aggravated during that period, and if not, whether it is otherwise related to her service.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's chronic myofascial lumbar pain in relation to her service from August 2005 to August 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic myofascial lumbar pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1601953
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