The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for limitation of flexion and 30 percent for limitation of extension for left knee joint osteoarthritis, as well as service connection for a sleep disability secondary to the left knee condition.
The deciding factor: The examination reports are inadequate due to inconsistencies with the Veteran's testimony and lack of compliance with certain legal requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee joint osteoarthritis, Sleep disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002845
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (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 has remanded the claims of service connection for degenerative disc disease, left knee joint osteoarthritis, and right knee joint osteoarthritis due to inadequate medical opinions in the May 2025 rating decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The initial disability rating of 10 percent was maintained for the lumbosacral strain, and a higher rating of 20 percent was granted from January 30, 2024 onwards.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a sleep disability and a heart disability, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to July 28, 2022.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 25, 2022, for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left knee joint osteoarthritis, and right knee total replacement.
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