Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a back disability secondary to a service-connected right knee disability is remanded. The Board needs more medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the medical opinions obtained were inadequate and did not fully address both causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine spondylosis, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007662
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