Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining a formal finding of unavailability of private medical treatment records and an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of degenerative disc disease.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to correct duty to assist errors related to the unavailability of private medical treatment records and to obtain a more complete medical opinion addressing direct service connection and secondary causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (DDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25010911
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