The Board remands the issues of initial and increased ratings for right knee and left hip disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain an examination that provides range of motion testing under active, passive, weight-bearing, non-weight bearing, repetitive use over time, flare-ups, and where pain begins on all of these range of motion tests.
- Claimed conditions
- left total hip arthroplasty, right knee disability based on instability, right knee disability based on limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25002501
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Decisions by this judge: 948 · Granted: 52% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and examination to ensure compliance with its previous remand instructions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbosacral strain and left total hip arthroplasty as there was no evidence of these conditions in service or within a reasonable time thereafter, and the current conditions were not related to the Veteran's active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee disability based on instability and limitation of motion prior to November 16, 2020, due to inadequate reasons and bases provided by the previous decision.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all appeals related to the Veteran's claims for service connection and disability ratings, including those for neurological disabilities of both legs, a right knee instability claim, gynecological and sleep disabilities, and various knee and spine disabilities.
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