Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of right and left knee disorders to obtain additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The current VA nexus opinions are found inadequate, and new addendum opinions are required to address specific questions regarding the onset and etiology of the Veteran's knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disorder, to include instability and degenerative arthritis, left knee disorder, to include instability and degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089633
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