Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher disability ratings due to inadequate examinations. The veteran will receive new exams to assess the severity of his service-connected left hip and right knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA examinations did not include required range of motion assessments, necessitating a remand.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain, right knee strain with meniscal tear, tendinitis, and dislocated semilunar cartilage, right knee meniscal tear, post operative, right knee recurrent patellar subluxation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25007950
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