Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis and bulging discs. The Veteran's pain and functional loss during flare-ups need further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a remand is necessary to correct a duty to assist error and that further development is needed to accurately rate the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis and bulging discs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25000782
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