Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hip and bilateral ankle strains as further development is needed to obtain adequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate due to lack of direct service connection analysis, insufficient rationale for secondary service connection, and failure to address aggravation by the Veteran's service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain, limitation of extension, left hip strain, limitation of flexion, left hip strain, impairment, left ankle strain, right ankle strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089635
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