Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lower back condition secondary to a service-connected left knee condition due to an inadequate VA opinion regarding aggravation.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 and January 2023 VA examiners' opinions are inadequate as to secondary service connection because they did not contain an opinion regarding the possibility of aggravation, which is required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis, lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome (claimed as low back condition)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108597
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