Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right upper extremity radiculopathy and left shoulder disorder. The Board also remanded claims related to cervical and lumbar spine disorders.
The deciding factor: The Board found that pre-decisional duty to assist errors needed correction.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity radiculopathy, left shoulder disorder, cervical neural foraminal stenosis with degenerative disc disease other than IVDS and IVDS, lumbar bulging disc, degenerative disc disease other than IVDS, and IVDS with spinal stenosis and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000896
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