Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a lumbar spine disorder as additional development is needed to address whether there was functional ankylosis during the appeal period.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to non-compliance with previous Board directives regarding an opinion on functional ankylosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25014889
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