Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of lumbosacral strain is remanded because the VA did not obtain an adequate medical opinion. The Board directed the AOJ to get missing service treatment records and obtain a new medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the May 2023 VA examination was inadequate due to ambiguity and inaccurate factual basis.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25002967
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