The veteran's appeal is remanded due to the failure to schedule a video hearing before the Board at the RO. The case will be returned to the RO for scheduling such a hearing.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested a video hearing, but it was not scheduled.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0103064
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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.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for left ankle sprain, right knee injury, and right shoulder (claimed as clavicle fracture) was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left shoulder injury, right knee injury, and bilateral flatfeet to obtain outstanding treatment records and military personnel records as well as VA examinations and opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy as it is etiologically linked to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes. Other claims were remanded for further development.
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