Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a back disability rating and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities for further development, specifically to determine the severity of the Veteran's low back symptoms while discounting the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to cure a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the impact of medications on the severity of the Veteran's back disability as of the June 2024 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, intervertebral disc syndrome, and spondylolisthesis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107047
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