Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to address an in-service back pain notation from May 2016 and provide an opinion on the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's current back disability.
The deciding factor: The November 2022 VA opinion is inadequate as it did not address the May 2016 notation of back pain, which is a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis claimed as back sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25016000
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