Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lumbar spine degenerative joint disease to remedy pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining additional evidence and scheduling an examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's back disability in relation to his service-connected disabilities and obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009230
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