Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability and a neck disability due to an incomplete record, specifically the February 2024 VA examiner's medical opinion regarding the Veteran's neck condition.
The deciding factor: A pre-decisional duty to assist error occurred as relevant evidence was not associated with the claim file.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease (DDD) and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), spinal stenosis with degenerative arthritis and diffuse radiographic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021881
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