Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands all claims for further development and to correct pre-decision duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The January 2023 and August 2024 examinations are found inadequate as they used a standard that has been struck down by the court, requiring new opinions in accordance with the holding in Spicer v. McDonough.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle, left hip strain, right hip strain, degenerative disc disease, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092313
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