Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including those of the hands, fingers, knees, hips, and thoracolumbar spine, to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to inadequate medical opinions and lack of VA examinations for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand/finger disability, left hand/finger disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, thoracolumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093057
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