Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities, lumbar strain disability, and lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities due to an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 VA examinations are found to be inadequate as they were based on a lack of documented treatment and did not consider the Veteran's reported symptoms in service and thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee strain with chondrocalcinosis, right knee strain with chondrocalcinosis, lumbosacral strain, left lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy, right lower extremity lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099666
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