Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 40 percent for lumbar degenerative disc disease L5-S1 and a rating in excess of 20 percent for left sciatic radiculopathy to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to the AOJ's failure to properly consider evidence and provide an adequate examination, which constitutes pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disc disease L5-S1 (lumbar spine condition), left sciatic radiculopathy (radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011734
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