The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including left knee, right knee, hallux valgus, right shoulder, and lumbar spine issues, due to an AOJ error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct an AOJ error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty, which if corrected would have a reasonable possibility of aiding in substantiating the Veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee superior patellar enthesopathy, right knee superior patellar enthesopathy, hallux valgus, right foot, right shoulder glenohumeral osteoarthrosis, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and facet arthrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047133
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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