The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the extent of his left knee disability and determine if there are any new or aggravating conditions. The RO will then re-adjudicate the claim.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that further development is needed before the claim can be fully adjudicated.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0415282
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,514 · Granted: 19% (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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development and consideration of his claims for service connection for heart disease and an increased evaluation for his left knee disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee, right hip, and low back disabilities as secondary to the veteran's service-connected left knee disability.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's left knee disability, characterized by pain and limited range of motion, warrants a rating of 10 percent for traumatic arthritis.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for heart disease but granted a 20 percent evaluation for the residuals of a gunshot wound to the left knee.
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