Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's back disability.
The deciding factor: The November 2015 VA examination is inadequate because it failed to provide a nexus opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's back disability, constituting a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, thoracolumbar spine (back disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25017902
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