Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity radiculopathy as further development is necessary to address duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to a duty to assist error in the prior rating decision, specifically regarding an adequate examination to determine current diagnoses and secondary service connection opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015833
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