Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher disability ratings and TDIU due to insufficient medical opinions on functional impairments without considering pain medication effects.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the medical opinions obtained did not adequately address the veteran's functioning without the ameliorative effects of pain medication.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative lumbar degenerative disc and joint disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity (RLE), left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25000668
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