Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for back, feet, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy conditions due to a lack of adequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The November 2024 VA opinion failed to adequately address the Veteran's lay assertions regarding the onset of his back symptomatology and did not consider in-service events or injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition, right foot condition, left foot condition, right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25002980
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