Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right and left knee disabilities due to a need for further medical evaluation without considering the effects of pain medication.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to evaluate the severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities without considering the ameliorative effects of pain medications, as per recent caselaw updates in Ingram and Jones.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25014943
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