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Remanded (sent back)

The Board remands the issue of the propriety of reducing the veteran's disability rating for his back condition from 20 percent to 10 percent, effective June 3, 2024, due to an inadequate pre-decisional medical examination.

The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional error where the AOJ failed to obtain an adequate medical examination.

Claimed conditions
lower thoracic scoliosis with degenerative disc disease
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
December 16, 2025
Citation
A25108636

Veterans Law Judge

D. SMART

Decisions by this judge: 857 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation A25108636.

What this means for you

A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.

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