Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral shoulder conditions, lumbosacral strain with IVDS, and bilateral hip conditions to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to missing private medical records and inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), right hip condition, left hip condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109850
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