The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a left knee disability, bilateral hip disability, back disability, bilateral leg disability, hypertension, and gastrointestinal disability, as there has not been substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to consider the Veteran's contentions in providing an opinion and did not properly address obesity as an intermediary step in causing or aggravating any diagnosed disabilities.

Claimed conditions

left knee disability, bilateral hip disability, back disability, bilateral leg disability, hypertension, gastrointestinal disability

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 3, 2025

Citation

25013576

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