Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy as these issues are inextricably intertwined.
The deciding factor: The April 2023 VA medical opinions are inadequate due to their reliance on the absence of evidence, which is not a valid basis for determining service connection. The Board finds that remand is necessary to correct this duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015719
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