The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a higher rating for lumbar spine disability and an earlier effective date for right lower extremity radiculopathy due to inadequate examination reports.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain a VA examination that provides a full consideration of the Veteran's disability history and a retrospective assessment of functional limitations, as well as to address a contention from the Veteran regarding numbness in the lower extremities and its potential impact on an effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2025
- Citation
- 25003651
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