Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher ratings due to a need for further medical evaluation.
The deciding factor: Further lumbosacral spine evaluation is needed due to the Veteran's reports of severe pain and the passage of several years since the most recent VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with lumbosacral spine spondylosis, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25000848
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