Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for his low back and left knee disabilities to ensure compliance with previous remand instructions.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to insufficient medical opinions addressing functional ankylosis and the ameliorating effects of medications on the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine, chronic back pain with arthritis and spondylosis, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with spondylolisthesis and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), degenerative joint disease (DJD) with loss of flexion of the left knee, degenerative joint disease (DJD) with loss of extension of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25014108
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