Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of left and right knee pain, as secondary to service-connected ankle disabilities, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the May 2023 VA examination did not use the correct legal standard and failed to address whether the knee disabilities are aggravated by the ankle disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee pain, right knee pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25086945
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