Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbar and cervical spine disabilities to obtain VA examinations and opinions.
The deciding factor: There is sufficient evidence to suggest that the Veteran's current lumbar and cervical spine disabilities may be related to an illness or event incurred in service, or as secondary to his service-connected diabetes, triggering VA's duty to provide the Veteran with VA examinations and opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089694
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