Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities as additional development is needed to address whether the Veteran's knee conditions are caused or aggravated by his now service-connected ankle and foot disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinions were deemed inadequate due to lack of consideration of the combined effect of the Veteran's foot and ankle disabilities, and failure to establish a baseline level of severity for aggravation opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25001920
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