Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral foot, leg, hip, and low back disorders due to inadequate previous examinations.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to comply with previous Board remand instructions by not obtaining adequate examinations or opinions, necessitating a remand for new development.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disorder, bilateral leg disorder, left hip disorder, right hip disorder, low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25001734
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