Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher disability rating for lumbosacral strain and bilateral sciatic radiculopathy due to inadequate VA examinations and failure to assist in obtaining relevant non-VA medical records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examination reports and failure to obtain relevant non-VA medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, radiculopathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve, radiculopathy, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015503
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