The veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to properly assess the severity of the veteran's service-connected knee disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Impairment of right knee, Arthritis of right knee, Impairment of left knee, Arthritis of left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0026846
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his right knee impairment, limitation of flexion, and scars. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for arthritis of the left hand, right hand, left knee, and right knee as secondary to service-connected hepatitis C (HCV) due to procedural errors in obtaining medical opinions addressing whether HCV caused or aggravated these conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for the Veteran's right knee disability, including arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of her service-connected left knee disabilities are being remanded due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in the previous VA examination.
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