The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral foot and knee disorders to obtain additional medical opinions regarding aggravation by a service-connected left ankle disability.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically the need for new medical opinions on causation and aggravation of the claimed conditions by the service-connected left ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot disorder, left foot disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054768
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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