Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee retropatellar pain syndrome with instability to obtain a new examination and medical opinions regarding functional ankylosis.
The deciding factor: Remand is warranted due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, specifically regarding whether the Veteran's symptoms amount to 'functional ankylosis.'
- Claimed conditions
- left knee retropatellar pain syndrome with instability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096123
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