Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, back disability, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, right hand disability, and right foot disability, as additional development is required to address causation and aggravation.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the examiners were found insufficient due to their focus on causation without addressing aggravation for secondary service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability, back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right hand disability, right foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25002268
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