Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right knee disabilities due to an inadequate medical opinion that failed to account for medication effects.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the current medical evidence does not adequately address the impact of medications on the severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities, as required by recent legal precedent.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee traumatic arthritis with limitation of flexion and extension, right knee instability, status post total right knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25014748
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