The Board remands the claims for additional development, specifically to obtain retrospective VA medical opinions and address the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinions failed to adequately comply with the Board's directives regarding the criteria noted in Correia v. McDonald and Sharp v. Shulkin, as well as addressing the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative arthritis and patellofemoral arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis and patellofemoral arthritis, left ankle degenerative arthritis with lateral instability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2025
- Citation
- 25006323
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (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
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