Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new examination to address the inadequacies of the previous VA examination regarding the Veteran's lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The January 2021 VA examination was found internally inconsistent and inadequate due to its failure to accurately describe the severity of functional loss during flare-ups, as required by Sharp v. Shulkin and Correia v. McDonald.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022065
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