The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected skin condition.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly stated but implied in the need for further evidence and examination as per the instructions given by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of meniscectomy of the left knee, trichophytosis pedis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0402061
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,421 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a skin disorder, to include porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), due to Agent Orange exposure. The evidence received since the final denial in April 1997 is supportive of this claim.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities have rendered him unable to protect himself from the hazards of his daily environment, and he is in need of regular aid and attendance.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for residuals of meniscectomy of the left knee prior to March 6, 2007 was denied. The claimant is not entitled to an increased rating as his condition does not meet the criteria for more than severe subluxation or lateral instability.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's left knee degenerative joint disease and residuals of a meniscectomy, finding that the current disability ratings adequately reflected his symptoms.
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