Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's left knee disability and an extraschedular referral for TDIU based on his service-connected left knee alone.
The deciding factor: The June 2018 VA examiner's statement regarding potential functional equivalent of ankylosis necessitates further development, as does the reasonable possibility that the Veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee posterolateral ligament reconstruction with osteoarthritis, dislocated semilunar cartilage of the left knee with frequent episodes of locking pain and effusion, instability of the left knee, three scars in the horizontal and midline of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25002803
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