Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his bilateral knee disabilities due to the need for an adequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to obtain ranges of motion compliant with Ingram v. Collins, as the current examinations do not assess whether the Veteran's ranges of motion would be worse but for his prescribed medication.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative joint disease, right knee degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25012479
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