Remanded (sent back)

The Board remands the claim for a retrospective medical opinion addressing functional loss of the lumbar spine prior to October 2020.

The deciding factor: The August 2025 VA medical opinion is inadequate as it failed to provide findings in terms of degree of additional range of motion loss without resorting to speculation, and did not adequately consider the Veteran's lay statements.

Claimed conditions: lumbosacral spine degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease (lumbar disability)
How they argued it: Not specified
Exposure basis: None
Rating assigned: None in this decision
Decision date: December 4, 2025
Citation: A25104270

Veterans Law Judge

J.P. Norman

Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation A25104270.

What this means for you

A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.

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