Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a cervical spine disability to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's cervical spine disability was caused or aggravated by her service-connected lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and IVDS.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to an inadequate medical opinion that did not address aggravation, as per El-Amin v. Shinseki, 26 Vet. App. 136, 140 (2013).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) other than intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) 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
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103833
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