Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for back disability to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining an adequate VA medical opinion and outstanding treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically inadequate VA medical opinion and missing treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088054
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