Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a left knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an examination and opinion on whether the condition is related to service.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to provide a medical examination despite having favorable findings of a current diagnosis and credible evidence of in-service onset of symptoms, constituting a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105672
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