Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for right knee degenerative arthritis with total knee replacement due to a lack of adequate medical evidence and procedural deficiencies.
The deciding factor: The May 2021 and October 2024 VA opinions are found inadequate as they do not address the etiology of the Veteran's osteoarthritis necessitating a total knee replacement, fail to consider all relevant theories of entitlement, and rely on an absence of evidence in the medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis with total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25107828
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