Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right knee, left knee, right hip, and left hip disorders as they require further medical evidence to address direct service connection and secondary service connection theories.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the question of direct service connection or the October 2023 private medical opinion in their reports, necessitating remand for additional medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disorder, left knee disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095022
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