Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of left and right upper extremity radiculopathy as secondary to thoracolumbar invertebral disc syndrome with spinal stenosis and a herniated disc due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The November 2024 medical opinion was found inadequate because it failed to address the specific issues of causation and aggravation related to the Veteran's service-connected thoracolumbar invertebral disc syndrome with spinal stenosis and a herniated disc.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity radiculopathy (claimed as cervical radiculopathy), right upper extremity radiculopathy (claimed as cervical radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105485
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