Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the matters for clarification from the private examiner as to whether a goniometer was used, and will defer further adjudication until such clarification is provided.
The deciding factor: The June 2025 JMR requested the Board to seek clarification from the private examiner or explain why seeking clarification would be unreasonable. The Board found that seeking clarification would not be unreasonable.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back pain with L4-L5 disc protrusion with mild canal stenosis, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Right knee arthritis, Left knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092411
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