Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities to cure a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The AOJ's failure to afford the Veteran a VA examination prior to adjudicating his claims constitutes a duty-to-assist error that must be corrected before the Board can decide the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092085
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