The Board remands the matter for additional evidence and an addendum VA examination to address the severity of the sciatic nerve and whether a separate rating is warranted.
The deciding factor: The examinations were found inadequate due to inconsistencies and the RO's failure to obtain private treatment records, requiring a pre-decisional duty to assist error correction.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25050711
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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