Citation Nr: 18142686
Decision Date: 10/17/18	Archive Date: 10/16/18

DOCKET NO. 15-37 112
DATE:	October 17, 2018
REMANDED
Entitlement to an increased rating for right knee traumatic arthritis, rated as 10 percent disabling, is remanded.
REASONS FOR REMAND
The Veteran served on active duty from February 1977 to March 1982 and from October 1983 to October 1997.
The Veteran was most recently afforded a VA examination to assess the severity of her knee condition in March 2014.  However, the examination did not include an assessment of both active and passive range of motion in weight-bearing and nonweight-bearing conditions.  See Correia v. McDonald, 28 Vet. App. 158, 165 (2016).  In light of these deficiencies, remand is appropriate for a new VA examination to address the current severity of the Veteran’s knee disability.
The matter is REMANDED for the following action:
1. Associate with the claims-file any outstanding pertinent treatment records, including additional VA treatment records (such as those that may have been created since the last such update of the claims-file).
2. Schedule the Veteran for an examination of the severity of her right knee disability. 
a.	The examiner must test the Veteran’s active motion, passive motion, and pain with weight-bearing and without weight-bearing.  If the examiner is unable to conduct the required testing or concludes that the required testing is not necessary in this case, he or she should clearly explain why that is so.
b.	The VA examiner should also express an opinion concerning whether there would be additional limits on functional ability on repeated use or during flare-ups, and, to the extent possible, provide an assessment of the functional impairment on repeated use or during flare-ups. The VA examiner should assess or estimate the additional functional impairment on repeated use or during flare-ups in terms of the degree of additional range of motion loss. If the VA examiner is unable to report the degree of additional range of motion loss during a flare-up, the VA examiner must explain why it is not feasible to render such an opinion.  
The VA examiner should provide a complete rationale for any opinions provided.  If an opinion cannot be provided without resort to speculation, the examiner should provide an 
 
explanation as to why this is so and note what, if any, additional evidence would permit such an opinion to be made.
 
M. C. GRAHAM
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	B. Herdliska