Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a neck condition, right shoulder condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, right ankle condition, and left ankle condition, to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Further medical development is warranted due to pre-decisional, duty-to-assist errors in failing to ensure that the examinations were adequate in assessing whether any pain resulted in functional loss affecting earning capacity, such that it would be considered a disability for VA purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- neck condition, right shoulder condition, right knee condition, left knee condition, right ankle condition, left ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086140
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