The Board remands the matter for an addendum opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability, as the previous VA examination was found to be inadequate.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 VA opinion did not provide specific values for active or passive range of motion testing and failed to provide adequate explanations for its conclusions, thus failing to meet the duty to assist.
- Claimed conditions
- status post total right knee replacement, right knee medial meniscus tear, s/p partial meniscectomy, ACL reconstruction, small joint effusion with synovitis, suprapatellar plica syndrome, Bakers cyst, tricompartmental osteoarthritis, torn ACL graft, instability (status post right knee replacement)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25023028
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Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a rating of 60 percent, but not higher, for status post total right knee replacement from January 1, 2022, and thereafter.
- Partly granted
The veteran's left knee conditions are service-connected effective February 1, 2019. Other issues were denied or remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations provided in this remand do not comply with the requirements set forth in previous remands. The Veteran's right knee conditions, including traumatic arthritis and instability, as well as his status post total right knee replacement, are being remanded for further evaluation.
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