The Board remands the claim for service connection for a left ankle condition to obtain a medical opinion that considers all relevant evidence of record, including the Veteran's lay statements.
The deciding factor: The opinion does not provide sufficient information to decide the claim because it relies on an absence of evidence in the record and discards the Veteran's lay statements regarding the onset and continuity of his symptoms without providing an explanation regarding why the examiner did not find the Veteran credible.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011234
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