Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for right hip condition and right knee condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The April 2023 VA opinions are inadequate as they did not provide adequate rationale or address the Veteran's lay statements concerning the onset of her conditions during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip condition (claimed as degenerative arthritis), right knee condition (claimed as degenerative arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020610
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