Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lower back disability and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy due to inadequate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations are found to be inadequate as they do not consider all evidence of record, including lay statements and private medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091838
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