Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for mechanical low back pain and lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease L3-4, as well as service connection claims for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, due to insufficient evidence regarding the impact of medication on disability symptoms and inadequate medical opinions addressing causation and aggravation separately.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the pre-decisional medical evidence does not adequately address the Veteran's condition without the beneficial effects of his medication, and there are no separate findings for causation and aggravation in the existing medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Mechanical low back pain and lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease L3-4, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085805
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