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
Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.