Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right hip, left shoulder, right shoulder, neck, and left knee conditions to acquire new medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The previous VA examiner's opinions were deemed inadequate due to their reliance on the absence of contemporaneous records, which is not a valid basis for denying service connection according to CAVC rulings.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, neck condition, left knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25012868
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