Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for degenerative disc disease and left shoulder impingement syndrome to ensure that private treatment records identified by the Veteran have been obtained.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required to obtain private treatment records as specified in a Joint Motion for Remand (JMR).
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease L4-5, L5-S1 (claimed as back injury), left shoulder impingement syndrome (claimed as shoulder injury)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25002413
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