Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine condition to obtain an additional medical opinion that considers the Veteran's lay statements regarding his condition.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 VA opinion is inadequate as it does not reflect consideration of the Veteran's lay statements, and thus, remand is required to correct this pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25103187
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