Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a back disability, knee disability, and hypertension to obtain additional medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations are inadequate as they did not provide range of motion testing results for weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing motion, which is required by Correia v. McDonald, 28 Vet. App. 158 (2016).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine (back disability), Right knee strain (knee disability), Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100062
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