Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a back disability to ensure compliance with prior remand instructions, including obtaining complete medical records from University Medical Center Lafayette and addressing a newly raised secondary service connection theory related to obesity.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to incomplete record collection and failure to address a new secondary service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25002665
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