The Board remands the claims for a higher rating and an earlier effective date due to missing evidence regarding private treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain additional relevant medical records that could impact the rating of the left knee disability and the assignment of an effective date for TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25051681
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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