Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral ankle, knee, and right shoulder disabilities as well as an acquired psychiatric disability due to a need for new VA medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The April 2023 VA examination and July and August 2023 addendum medical opinions are inadequate due to multiple deficiencies, including reliance on the lack of treatment records without considering the Veteran's statements and submitted medical journal articles.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle strain, right ankle strain, left knee strain, right knee strain, right shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as insomnia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092369
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