Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of left and right knee pain as secondary to lower extremity radiculopathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 VA medical opinion is inadequate, and the Veteran has not been afforded a VA examination to determine whether any of his bilateral knee pain is related to exposure to toxins during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee pain (secondary to left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve), Right knee pain (secondary to right lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093231
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