Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining addendum opinions regarding medication effects and a genitourinary examination to determine if there is any secondary voiding dysfunction related to the Veteran's back disability.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in not considering the ameliorative effects of medications on the back disability and in failing to address a potential genitourinary disability as secondary to the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar spine (back) disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25097006
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