Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions of the ankles, hips, knees, and lumbar spine to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The opinions of record are inadequate as they do not address whether the claimed disorders have been aggravated by a service-connected disability(ies).
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle condition, right ankle condition, left hip condition, right hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, lumbar spine condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019278
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