Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of bilateral knee disabilities and entitlement to TDIU due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining an adequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there is not an adequate medical opinion at the time of the January 2025 rating decision, necessitating a remand for a new medical opinion and additional information regarding the Veteran's employment history and skills.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disabilities diagnosed as gout and degenerative arthritis, left knee disabilities diagnosed as gout and degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107237
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