Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings and earlier effective dates for separate 10 percent ratings for limitation of extension of the bilateral knees due to the need for a supplemental opinion regarding the impact of medication on the Veteran's knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities could impact when it became factually ascertainable that the Veteran's limitation of extension occurred, and this is outside the Board's expertise to determine without a supplemental opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee strain (limitation of extension), right knee strain (limitation of extension)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25013233
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