The Board of Veterans' Appeals is remanding the claims for service connection for right knee strain and left knee strain with chondromalacia patellae to correct duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The Court determined that there was a duty to assist error in that the Board failed to obtain relevant community care records and private treatment records from Carlsbad Physical Therapy and Wellness Center nor from Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, and did not consider if the combat presumption applies to the Veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain, left knee strain with chondromalacia patellae
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089289
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