Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraine, left hip disorder, lumbar spine disorder, and left knee disorder to obtain addendum VA medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The October 2021 VA medical opinions are inadequate due to inaccurate factual premises and insufficient rationale regarding the nexus between the claimed conditions and the appellant's period of ACDUTRA from March 2015 to July 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Migraine, Left Hip Labral Tear Repair with Residuals (Left Hip Disorder), Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease (Lumbar Spine Disorder), Left Chondromalacia Patella (Left Knee Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087486
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