Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of lumbar spine conditions, requiring a new medical opinion on whether these conditions are related to service or aggravated by a service-connected cervical spine condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found the initial medical opinion inadequate because it did not address the veteran's claims on a direct-incurrence basis and failed to provide an adequate opinion on aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008493
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