Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for her service-connected lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with scoliosis due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: A proper medical opinion was not obtained to differentiate between symptoms related to the Veteran's service-connected back disability and those possibly associated with non-service-connected diabetes, necessitating a remand for additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with scoliosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090550
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