Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to determine whether the Veteran's low back disability had its onset in or was incurred during service.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 VA examination provided an inadequate rationale and did not consider all relevant evidence, including the Veteran's lay reports of symptoms during service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098561
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