Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and evidence gathering.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining private medical records and a new VA medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, to include lumbosacral strain, right lower extremity radiculopathy, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104811
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