The Board remands the claims for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The June 2023 VA examiner's opinion regarding direct service connection is insufficiently definitive, and there was no secondary etiological opinion obtained. The February 2023 VA examination inadequately distinguished between the knee disability and associated neurological manifestations, and did not account for medication effects.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability, including PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098437
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