Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for cervical spine disability, to include as secondary to lumbar spine and right ankle disabilities, for an adequate VA medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's claimed neck condition was proximately caused or aggravated by his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to provide an adequate medical opinion in substantial compliance with the Board's previous remand instructions due to a lack of evidence regarding the Veteran's limp and altered gait pattern.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014488
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