Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a low back condition to obtain an adequate medical opinion, as the presumption of soundness has not been rebutted.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA opinion is found inadequate due to an inaccurate factual premise regarding the presumption of soundness.
- Claimed conditions
- low back condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110491
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