Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for a higher disability rating for lumbosacral strain is remanded due to errors in the VA examination. The Board will reconsider the evidence and issue a new decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to address whether there existed a functional equivalent of ankylosis during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004032
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