The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including knee, bladder, OSA, psychiatric, and hypertension, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The deciding factor: The claims must be remanded due to a lack of adequate evidence or examination opinions that consider all relevant factors, such as in-service symptoms and post-service treatment records.

Claimed conditions

Left knee disability status-post left total knee arthroplasty, Right knee disability status-post right total knee arthroplasty, Bladder disability, to include urinary incontinence, Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Acquired psychiatric disability, to include unspecified depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Hypertension, to include as secondary to claimed OSA and psychiatric disabilities

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 21, 2025

Citation

A25090844

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