Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lumbar spine disability to ensure compliance with prior remand directives and obtain an adequate addendum opinion.
The deciding factor: The February 2024 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate due to failure to address lay statements of in-service symptom onset, and the matter is being remanded for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, to include lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25012543
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