Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for correction of errors in providing notice and a VA examination regarding the Veteran's lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors related to notice and an examination that did not consider the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc, bulging disc of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090071
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