Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hip and knee disorders, to include as secondary to a service-connected left ankle disability, due to missing VA treatment records and inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to obtain additional evidence and an adequate opinion regarding the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hip and knee disorders, including whether they are directly related to or aggravated by his service-connected left ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disorder, right hip disorder, left knee disorder, right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104345
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