Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral ankle and leg conditions due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The May 2021 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it did not address secondary service connection, and there is no evidence of a current medical opinion addressing the etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle condition, right ankle condition, left leg condition, right leg condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084751
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