The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for recurrent lumbar spine, right knee, and left knee disabilities due to a pre-decisional error in verifying the Veteran's periods of active duty.
The deciding factor: The matter is being remanded because the Veteran's complete periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the Marine Corps Reserve have not been verified.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent lumbar spine disability to include intervertebral disc syndrome and spinal stenosis, recurrent right knee disability to include osteoarthritis, recurrent left knee disability to include osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25026972
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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