Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for lower back pain due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The October 2022 VA examination is self-contradictory and ignores significant recent documented medical history, making it inadequate for adjudicative purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017176
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