Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of a bilateral knee disability, to include as due to service-connected bilateral pes planus. The Board directed the VA to obtain additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA examiner did not address all relevant medical history and provided an opinion based on inaccurate factual premises.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disability, bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25000740
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