Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for service-connected right and left lower extremity radiculopathy due to a challenge regarding the competency of the examiner who conducted the April 2025 examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to obtain information regarding the experience and qualifications of the examiner who conducted the April 2025 examination, as a challenge to their competency has been raised.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25012428
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