Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a low back condition due to inadequate medical opinion and lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The June 2025 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate as it did not consider all relevant evidence, including the Veteran's lay statements about his in-service back pain related to driving heavy trucks on back roads in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- low back condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25013996
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