Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right ankle, and left ankle degenerative arthritis to obtain further medical opinions regarding whether these conditions pre-existed service and, if not, whether they are related to service or aggravated by a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion relied on an inaccurate factual premise, as the Veteran did not specify which joints were affected at his entrance examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative arthritis, right ankle degenerative arthritis, left ankle degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25004139
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