Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for left knee osteoarthritis prior to September 15, 2014, for an addendum retrospective opinion that complies with Sharp v. Shulkin, 29 Vet. App. 26 (2017).
The deciding factor: The April 2025 VA examiner failed to elicit relevant information as to the Veteran's flares or ask him to describe additional functional loss during flares and then estimate the veteran's functional loss due to flares based on all the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25014914
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