Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and adjudication by the AOJ.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate medical examinations and failure to consider expressly claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left upper extremity radiculopathy status post carpal tunnel release surgery, Cervical spine intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) with spinal fusion and spinal stenosis, Surgical scar, secondary to left upper extremity radiculopathy status post carpal tunnel release surgery, Surgical scar at the base of the posterior and anterior neckline
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089957
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