Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a low back disability and a radicular disability of the bilateral lower extremity to obtain a new VA medical opinion that considers the Veteran's lay reports of continuous symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to an inadequate November 2019 VA addendum opinion, which did not account for the Veteran's reported continuity of symptomatology and self-treatment with over-the-counter medication.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, radicular disability of the bilateral lower extremity, to include as secondary to a low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25002990
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