Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for further development and compliance with prior remand directives.
The deciding factor: Inadequate attempts were made to obtain private treatment records and scanned documents from VA treatment records, necessitating another remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease status post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the right knee, Right knee instability, Degenerative joint disease status post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the left knee, Left knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25014329
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