Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for cervical strain, low back pain, right knee pain (bilateral), and left knee pain (bilateral) to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 VA examinations and opinions did not adequately address the Veteran's lay history of in-service injuries and continuity of symptoms for each claimed disability, as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical strain, low back pain, dysfunction, right knee pain, dysfunction (bilateral), left knee pain, dysfunction (bilateral)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097356
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