Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a neck and back disability to obtain additional medical opinions that address the Veteran's lay reports of in-service injuries and continuity of symptomatology.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 VA medical opinions are inadequate as they did not properly address the Veteran's lay reports of in-service injuries and continuity of symptomatology, and were nearly identical to previously determined legally insufficient opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability, back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25003166
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