Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, migraine headaches, and a right knee disability due to inadequate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The December 2019 VA examinations are found to be inadequate as they conflated the presumption of aggravation with the presumption of soundness and failed to address the Veteran's lay statements regarding the onset of his conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, migraine headaches, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25015251
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