The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and low back pain due to insufficient medical evidence. The RO is instructed to arrange for further VA examinations, obtain additional evidence, and readjudicate the claims.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence was provided to determine if the veteran currently has a right knee or low back condition that is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee condition, Low back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0414902
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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
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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