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.
The deciding factor: The previous VA examinations did not comply with specific range of motion considerations and were found to be inadequate in addressing the Veteran's right knee disability during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability based on instability, limitation of motion of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25003551
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Decisions by this judge: 1,812 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates were denied. The Board found no factual basis to grant earlier effective dates.,The Veteran was granted a TDIU and DEA eligibility effective September 15, 2022.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for limitation of motion and instability of the right knee is granted with an effective date of May 17, 2011. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings are remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted increased 20 percent ratings for limitation of motion of the left and right knees prior to their respective total knee replacements, but denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for instability of both knees and in excess of 30 percent for total knee replacements.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities, except for a 20 percent rating for instability of both knees as of June 13, 2025.
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