Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disability and right lower extremity disability to correct duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations are not adequate for decision making purposes, and additional development is needed regarding the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs) in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Right lower extremity disability, to include radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016572
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