Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy and service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy to ensure proper VA examinations are conducted.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically regarding new VA examinations for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016663
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