Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating higher than 20 percent for thoracolumbar spine disability, and higher ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy to allow VA to obtain additional private medical records.
The deciding factor: A remand is required to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors by obtaining authorization and requesting readable copies of scanned private medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar spine disability, to include degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome and with spinal cord stimulator, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093746
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