Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lower back condition to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's pre-existing lower back disorder was clearly and unmistakably not aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The December 2024 VA medical opinion is inadequate because it did not apply the proper standard as requested by the previous remand and did not base the opinion on an accurate factual premise.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back condition, recurrent lumbosacral strain, spina bifida
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25003523
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