Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of a rating greater than 10 percent for service-connected right knee instability and left knee strain with osteoarthritis and patellofemoral chondromalacia prior to September 7, 2016, as additional medical opinion is needed.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not fully comply with the Board's May 2024 remand directives by only obtaining estimates from September 2016 and not addressing the severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities from July 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee instability, left knee strain with osteoarthritis and patellofemoral chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25004167
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