Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for the increased rating of 60 percent for left knee disability to obtain Social Security records.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and to obtain relevant records from a Federal department or agency.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual left knee strain with osteoarthritis, recurrent patellar dislocation, status-post total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100729
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