Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for cervical spine arthritis to obtain a new medical opinion on its etiology, specifically regarding whether it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it did not address whether the Veteran's cervical spine condition was aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine arthritis (also claimed as degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100007
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