Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lumbar spine disability to obtain a new medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and spondylosis was caused or aggravated by his service-connected left knee chondromalacia with strain.
The deciding factor: A pre-decisional duty-to-assist error necessitates remand for an adequate medical opinion on secondary service connection theories.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disability, to include degenerative arthritis and spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107158
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