Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a thoracolumbar spine condition to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology, specifically addressing whether it is related to the Veteran's in-service injury and service-connected bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: The March 2023 VA direct service connection opinion was found inadequate due to reliance on the absence of evidence for a back condition during service, an inaccurate factual premise, and failure to consider lay statements and medical articles submitted by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar spine condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017308
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