Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a back disability to obtain thorough addendum medical opinions addressing secondary service connection, including aggravation.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the May 2023 VA medical opinion concerning secondary service connection, which did not provide an adequate rationale or address aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine (back disability)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018626
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