Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, cervical spine degenerative disc disease (neck disability), and urinary incontinence to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided by the examiners were found inadequate due to their failure to address evidence of chronic symptoms during service and reliance on an absence of documentation for subjective symptoms, which contradicted the Veteran's competent and credible reports.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, cervical spine degenerative disc disease (neck disability), urinary incontinence, to include as secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106036
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