Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to higher initial ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: A new examination is warranted as the AOJ's failure to obtain a complete medical examination upon which to rate the Veteran's disabilities constitutes a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107613
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