The veteran's claims for increased ratings for bursitis of the right and left knees are being remanded due to procedural issues.
The deciding factor: Procedural errors in the development process have been identified, necessitating a return to the RO for further actions as per the VCAA requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- bursitis of the right knee, bursitis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2005
- Citation
- 0500068
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee bursitis was rated at 40 percent as of June 11, 2007, due to limited extension and flexion with pain.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at a private hospital after September 20, 2004, due to lack of prior authorization and because VA facilities were not feasibly available.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claims for increased ratings for bursitis of the right and left knees are being remanded. The service connection claim for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, status post pacemaker implant is also being remanded.
- Granted
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