Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease with scoliosis and lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to it, as a new VA examination is needed using the correct legal standard.
The deciding factor: The April 2025 VA examiner's opinion was internally inconsistent, failing to use the correct evidentiary standard for aggravation of a pre-existing disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease (DDD) with scoliosis, lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to lumbosacral spine DDD with scoliosis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096626
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