Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of low back and bilateral knee disabilities, secondary to a service-connected right ankle disability. The Board found that additional medical opinions were needed to address issues related to aggravation and obesity as an intermediate step.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors occurred because the VA did not obtain adequate medical opinions addressing both causation and aggravation, as well as the potential role of obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002916
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