Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various knee and foot conditions, including painful scars from surgery, as a medical opinion regarding their etiology is needed.
The deciding factor: The record does not contain an adequate medical opinion on the subject of whether the pre-existing left knee disability was aggravated during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, right knee disability (secondary to left knee), left foot peripheral neuropathy (secondary to left knee), right foot peripheral neuropathy (secondary to right knee), left knee painful scars from surgery (secondary to left knee disability), right knee painful scars from surgery (secondary to right knee condition with replacement surgery)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084613
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