Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability, left knee disability, and sinusitis due to inadequate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 VA examiner's opinions were found inadequate as they relied primarily on the absence of contemporaneous medical records without considering the Veteran's credible reports of symptoms during service and their continuity since then.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, left knee disability, sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012153
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