Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left and right knee synovitis to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the severity of the appellant's service-connected left and right knee disabilities without the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee synovitis, right knee synovitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109156
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