Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral ankle and knee conditions to schedule examinations to determine if the Veteran's complaints rise to the level of a current disability under Saunders v. Wilkie, and whether such disabilities are related to his period of active duty service.
The deciding factor: Examinations are necessary to resolve open medical questions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed bilateral ankle and knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle condition, right ankle condition, left knee condition, right knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105585
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