Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbar spine, cervical spine, left hip, and right hip disorders to obtain additional medical opinions that comply with previous remand instructions.
The deciding factor: The examiners failed to substantially comply with the Board's May 2024 directives by not applying the required 'but-for' analysis for determining secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder, to include arthritis, cervical spine disorder, to include arthritis, left hip disorder, to include arthritis, right hip disorder, to include arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25003868
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