Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities to correct a duty to assist error, specifically related to obtaining complete service treatment records and an adequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to incomplete service treatment records and inadequate medical opinions that did not consider lay statements adequately.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disability, to include degenerative arthritis, and degenerative disc disease (DDD), lumbar spine disability, to include degenerative arthritis, and DDD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018379
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