The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding whether the Veteran's low back disorder is related to service or caused by his service-connected bilateral foot disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide sufficient opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's low back disorder and its relationship to his service-connected bilateral foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, lumbar spine spondylolisthesis, degenerative arthritis/degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26036445
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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