Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis, status post fusion surgery and a compensable rating for a lumbar spine surgical scar to provide the Veteran an opportunity for VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to conflicting information regarding whether the Veteran needed to attend a scheduled VA examination in person, which may have constituted good cause for his failure to report for the examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis, status post fusion surgery, Lumbar spine surgical scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018866
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