Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a cervical spine disability to obtain additional medical evidence regarding its relationship to service and a service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA medical opinion did not address aggravation, and the negative nexus opinion was based solely on a lack of chronicity, making it insufficient.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086590
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