Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, IVDS, radiculopathy, and bulging disc to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA examination is not adequate as it did not address the Veteran's November 2014 service treatment records or provide an opinion for secondary service connection based on his service-connected traumatic brain injury.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, IVDS (intervertebral disc syndrome), radiculopathy, bulging disc
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009978
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