The Board remands the case to obtain a retrospective medical opinion on the extent that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities affect his ability to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a more detailed assessment of how the Veteran's service-connected conditions impact his employability, given the unavailable service treatment records and the Court's previous remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, associated with angiokeratoma of the scrotum, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, IVDS, spinal stenosis, fusion, spondylolisthesis, vertebral fracture, segmental instability, sacroiliac weakness, radiculopathy, right lower extremity (sciatic nerve) associated with lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, IVDS, spinal stenosis, fusion, spondylolisthesis, vertebral fracture, segmental instability, sacroiliac weakness, radiculopathy, left lower extremity (sciatic nerve) associated with lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, IVDS, spinal stenosis, fusion, spondylolisthesis, vertebral fracture, sacroiliac weakness, radiculopathy, right lower extremity (femoral nerve) associated with lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, IVDS, spinal stenosis, fusion, spondylolisthesis, vertebral fracture, segmental instability, sacroiliac weakness, radiculopathy, left lower extremity (femoral nerve) associated with lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, IVDS, spinal stenosis, fusion, spondylolisthesis, vertebral fracture, segmental instability, sacroiliac weakness, angiokeratoma of the scrotum, scar, residuals, right inguinal hernia repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011726
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 575 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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