Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for an adequate retrospective medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's right knee impairment.
The deciding factor: The July 2025 VA opinion did not substantially comply with the Board's prior remand directives as it failed to provide specific measurements without speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee chondromalacia with osteoarthritis, status-post anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair, right knee limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25012633
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