The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee post traumatic arthritis with left femoral fracture, right distal tibial fracture, and cervical strain with DDD due to incomplete service records and inadequate VA examination opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain complete service records and an adequate medical opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee post traumatic arthritis with left femoral fracture, right distal tibial fracture, cervical strain with degenerative disc disease (DDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092029
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Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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