Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain additional medical records and examinations. The Board found that the previous examiner did not fully comply with its instructions.
The deciding factor: The examiner failed to address a private medical opinion and perform necessary diagnostic tests as instructed by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25000811
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