Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to address trophic changes, gait changes, and the effects of medications on the Veteran's radiculopathy symptoms.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as the June 2025 VA back examination did not fully comply with the Board's March 2025 remand instructions regarding the evaluation of the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar radiculopathy of the right sciatic nerve, lumbar radiculopathy of the left sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25013191
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