Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for multiple orthopedic conditions and a psychiatric condition due to the need for additional development, including obtaining new medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Additional etiology opinions are necessary as the previous VA examiner could not provide an opinion without an examination which the Veteran failed to attend without good cause.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, right wrist condition, left wrist condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, right foot condition, left foot condition, right knee condition, left knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25014880
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