The Board remands the claims for a VA Peripheral Nerves examination to determine the nature, extent, and severity of the Veteran's service-connected left and right lower extremity femoral radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not providing a specific VA Peripheral Nerves Conditions examination for the evaluation of the current severity of the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy, femoral nerve, left lower extremity, Radiculopathy, femoral nerve, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25031637
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Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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