Citation Nr: 21022118 Decision Date: 04/14/21 Archive Date: 04/14/21 DOCKET NO. 08-11 588 DATE: April 14, 2021 REMANDED 1. A rating in excess of 10 percent for a right knee disability. 2. A rating in excess of 10 percent for a left knee disability 3. An extraschedular rating for a right knee disability. 4. An extraschedular rating for a left knee disability. 5. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).   REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from September 1972 to April 1974. The case is on appeal from a November 2006 rating decision. The Veteran testified at a Board hearings in November 2010 and December 2020. Most recently, the Board remanded the claims on appeal for additional development in February 2019. 1. A rating in excess of 10 percent for a right knee disability. 2. A rating in excess of 10 percent for a left knee disability. 3. An extraschedular rating for a right knee disability. 4. An extraschedular rating for a left knee disability. In February 2019, the Board remanded the claims on appeal to obtain findings pursuant to Correia v. McDonald, 28 Vet. App. 158 (2016) and Sharp v. Shulkin, 29 Vet. App. 26 (2017). In November 2019, the Veteran was afforded another knee examination. The examiner provided ranges of motion and other findings necessary for adjudicating the knee rating claims. However, the examiner did not estimate the amount in degrees of range of motion lost due to flare-ups experienced by the Veteran at the time of the prior knee examinations as requested by the February 2019 remand. Therefore, another remand is required to obtain an opinion as the Veteran’s bilateral knee ranges of motion during flareups at the time of the prior examinations. See Stegall v. West, 11 Vet. App. 268, 271 (1998). 5. A TDIU. In addition, the Veteran’s claim for a TDIU is also remanded as it is intertwined with the rating claims on appeal. Furthermore, on remand updated VA treatment records should be associated with the file. These claims are REMANDED for the following actions: 1. Obtain complete VA treatment records from September 2019. 2. After completing the records development indicated above, forward the claims file to the examiner who conducted the November 2019 examination, or other appropriate examiner, to assess the Veteran’s right and left knee disabilities. Following a review of the claims file, the examiner should estimate the amount in degrees of range of motion lost due to flare-ups experienced by the Veteran at the time of the examinations conducted in July 2006, March 2011, March 2014, and January 2016. If the examiner cannot provide some or all of the requested opinions regarding flareups, he or she should explain why such opinions cannot be provided. A rationale should be provided for opinions expressed. RYAN T. KESSEL Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board D. Jimerfield The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.