The Board has remanded the case due to failure to obtain a competent medical opinion regarding the veteran's right knee condition and service connection for postoperative residuals of a left knee injury. The RO is instructed to obtain additional records, schedule VA examinations, and readjudicate the claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the RO failed to provide adequate development by not obtaining necessary medical opinions and clinical records related to the veteran's right knee condition and service connection claim for postoperative residuals of a left knee injury.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a left knee injury, postoperative residuals of a right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0333683
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not support higher evaluations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's right knee disability, as the previous examination lacked sufficient detail regarding pain and functional loss.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including postoperative residuals of a left knee injury, traumatic arthritis of the left knee, and degenerative joint disease of the right knee, were found to be contributory causes of his death. As such, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current right knee disability is not aggravated by his military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
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