Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for examinations to consider the ameliorative effects of medication when evaluating the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The recent ruling in Ingram requires the Board to discount beneficial medication effects when assigning an evaluation, as the applicable diagnostic codes do not explicitly contemplate a veteran using medication to allay symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- prepatellar bursitis of the right knee, right knee arthritis, prepatellar bursitis of the left knee, left knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25003736
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