Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion to address the ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's left ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The Board must discount the beneficial effects of medication when rating this disability, as per recent court decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100277
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