Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted a request to readjudicate the claim for service connection for a left knee disability due to new and relevant evidence, but remanded claims for service connection for gout and a left knee disability to include secondary to the service-connected left ankle disability for further development.
The deciding factor: New private treatment records were deemed relevant as they showed left knee pain requiring medication, which tends to prove a current disability. A remand was required due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in obtaining adequate VA opinions and a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, gout
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25101454
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