Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a lower back condition, including as secondary to a bilateral knee condition, is remanded. The Board needs more information on whether the lower back condition was aggravated by the knee condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the April 2023 VA opinion did not adequately address aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back condition, bilateral knee condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002761
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