Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a neck disorder to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the Veteran's current neck condition, including whether it is related to her military service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion upon which the November 2024 rating decision relied was found inadequate, as it failed to address all pertinent evidence in the record, such as the numerous in-service complaints of neck pain and associated symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disk disease, Cervical herniated disk, Cervical spondylosis, Cervical radiculitis, Cervical spine stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108479
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