Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left and right hip strains, service connection for headaches, and service connection for a low back disability due to additional medical opinions being necessary.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinions are required as the January 2024 VA examinations did not fully address the Veteran's symptoms without medication effects or provide sufficient rationale regarding toxic exposure risk activities.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain, right hip strain, headaches, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093444
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