The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a lack of available service medical records and for clarification on the diagnoses and etiology of the veteran's right knee, right wrist, and right elbow disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to ensure compliance with all notice and assistance requirements set forth in the VCAA and its implementing regulations. Additionally, they need to obtain relevant medical records and provide a VA examination for clarification of diagnoses and etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disability, right wrist disability, right elbow disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0418176
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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 Board remands the service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral upper extremity disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for another VA examination and opinion as the previous examinations were found to be inadequate.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
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