The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination and consideration of the appellant's claims for increased disability ratings for his service-connected right knee arthritis and left knee chondromalacia.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to provide additional evidence and consider the current state of the appellant's disabilities as well as any changes in severity or effects resulting from recent surgical procedures.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral arthritis, right knee, chondromalacia, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0403749
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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.
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