Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right knee disability, left knee disability, and lower back disability due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to cure the pre-decisional error, i.e., VA examinations and medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, anxiety, depression, right knee disability, left knee disability, lower back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100782
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