Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for a 40 percent rating for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine to obtain a retrospective opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected condition prior to November 8, 2022.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining a retrospective opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine condition prior to November 8, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097664
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