Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating due to errors in the process, including the failure to hold an informal conference and questions about the qualifications of the examiners.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the AOJ erred in issuing the HLR decision without conducting the requested informal conference.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondromalacia and patellar dislocation with limitation of flexion, left knee chondromalacia and patellar dislocation with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005486
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