The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including left shoulder and joint pain, right shoulder joint and bone pain, left knee bone and joint pain, right knee bone and joint pain, depression, gums and tooth pain, and throat pain, to correct duty-to-assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The deciding factor: The claims will be remanded due to a lack of adequate medical examinations and opinions, as well as unaddressed competent reports of experienced symptoms from service to the present.

Claimed conditions

left shoulder disorder, right shoulder disorder, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depressed mood, gum disorder or tooth disorder, throat disorder

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 30, 2025

Citation

A25094436

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