Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent and 20 percent, as well as the TDIU claim, to obtain an adequate medical examination and opinion on the severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the evidence does not provide sufficient information to accurately evaluate the severity of the Veteran's disabilities without consideration of the ameliorative effects of medication, which are not explicitly contemplated by the rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, Radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, Thoracolumbar degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094435
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