Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development to assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected right knee disabilities during flare-ups.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a range of motion estimate for extension and flexion during a flare-up, which is required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative joint disease (DJD) based on limitation of extension, right knee DJD based on limitation of flexion, service-connected right knee disability based on instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085608
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