Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an increased disability rating and a TDIU for further development, as the RO did not issue an SSOC on the increased rating claim.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to procedural deficiencies in issuing an SSOC and obtaining a retrospective medical opinion on the severity of the cervical spine disability from January 2011 to the present.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) of the cervical spine, status post anterior cervical corpectomy and diskectomies
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25014208
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