Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a back disability to obtain an adequate medical opinion on the current nature and likely etiology of the condition.
The deciding factor: The previous medical opinions are found insufficient due to lack of consideration of continuity of symptoms and inaccurate factual bases.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, to include back spasms with hairline fracture in last vertebra
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103583
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