Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lower back disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary as VA failed to make efforts to obtain relevant medical records from non-VA facilities, which may be pertinent to establishing the etiology of the Veteran's back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disability (lumbosacral strain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094147
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