Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back condition and right knee condition to conduct a direct search for missing treatment records at the Charleston Naval Hospital from 1982 and 1983.
The deciding factor: A remand is warranted due to the unavailability of some service treatment records, specifically those related to an arthroscopic knee surgery in 1982 or 1983 while in service at the Charleston Naval Hospital.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back condition, Right knee condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012231
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