The Board remands the veteran's claims for a new examination to address service connection and increased rating issues.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional evidence suggests the presence of a current disability, necessitating a new opinion on the service connection claim. For the lumbar strain and associated radiculopathy, the VA examination reports do not adequately address intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), requiring a remand for a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle disability, lumbar strain status post laminectomy and microdiscectomy, left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25003028
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