Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher disability rating for radiculopathy in both lower extremities due to a need for additional evidence and examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain missing VA treatment records and an appropriate examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Radiculopathy, left lower extremity, Radiculopathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088563
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