Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran's back conditions and TDIU based on those conditions, due to procedural requirements.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to provide the Veteran's representative with a copy of the supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) and allow them to advise the Veteran whether to remain in the legacy system or opt into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system.
- Claimed conditions
- L2-3 laminectomy and L2 hemilaminectomy with L5-S1 decompression and failed back syndrome, status post implantation of dorsal column stimulator
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25014835
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