Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a lumbar spine condition is remanded. The Board found errors in the previous decision and ordered further development, including obtaining missing medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board identified pre-decisional errors by the RO, including failure to afford the Veteran an examination and consider all theories of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25006174
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