Board reasoning
The Board remands the claims for additional development, including new medical opinions on functional loss during flares and after repetitive use, and the ameliorative effects of medications. It notes the need for a muscle injury examination for the left axillary adenopathy with rhomboid spasm, and requests SSA records, updated VA treatment records, and appropriate examinations to assess current severity. The reasoning emphasizes due process and the necessity of complete medical evidence before adjudication, without resolving the underlying rating issues in this decision.
Issues
- companionship? (left axillary adenopathy with rhomboid spasm)Remanded
- higher rating for service-connected left knee strainRemanded
Extracted with gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07. Citations are kept only when they appear in the decision text.