The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability and remanded the claims for other left lower extremity radiculopathies, foot, ankle, leg, and back disabilities.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on evidence showing an in-service injury to the left knee during active duty for training. The remaining claims were denied due to a lack of credible evidence linking them to service or resulting from the service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, left upper extremity radiculopathy, low back disability, middle back disability, left foot disability, left ankle disability, left leg disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, external cutaneous nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy, ilio-inguinal nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy, obturator nerve, left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25046714
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient rationale in the July 2012 VA examination for the Veteran's left knee disability, and a new addendum opinion is needed.
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