The Board remands the Veteran's claims for higher ratings and TDIU due to a left knee disability, as additional evidence is needed.
The deciding factor: Remand necessary to obtain retroactive opinions regarding the severity of the Veteran's left knee disability due to inadequate past examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia with painful flexion, left knee extension, residuals status/post (s/p) total left knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25007955
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 44% (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 for a retrospective VA examination to determine the severity of the Veteran's left knee disability prior to March 23, 2022. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the left knee disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee gout and a rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's right wrist condition, while remanding several other issues related to his knees and instability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and adjudication due to a need for additional evidence regarding the Veteran's range of motion in active, passive, weightbearing, non-weightbearing, and flare-up conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for left knee instability and denied higher ratings for left knee limitation of flexion and extension.
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