The Board has ordered a VA examination to assess the current severity of the veteran's service-connected left knee disability, which is currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The case will be remanded for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: Further evaluation is needed to determine the current level of severity of the service-connected chondromalacia of the left knee.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0413750
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and chondromalacia of the left knee to ensure compliance with prior remand directives.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for chondromalacia of the left knee, GERD, and chondromalacia of the right knee due to failure to report for VA examinations without good cause.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for chondromalacia of the left knee to correct an error related to notice of the right to a pre-decisional hearing.
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