Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a retrospective opinion to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected back disorder without the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: The examination report does not address the severity and functional effects of the Veteran's disorder without the ameliorative effects of medication, which is necessary for evaluating the disability under the rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain (claimed as thoracic spine-lumbosacral spine)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25104992
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