Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability and cervical spine disability to obtain additional medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA did not provide adequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the claimed disabilities, necessitating further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, to include status post low back surgery, L5-S1 microdiscectomy, Cervical spine disability, to include degenerative disc disease, cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010480
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