The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining the veteran's National Guard service medical records and arranging for an orthopedic examination to determine if his current right knee and left wrist conditions are related to in-service injuries.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion is inadequate due to a lack of complete original service medical records from the veteran's period of National Guard service, which could provide important context for evaluating the likelihood that the veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right knee injury, residuals of a left wrist injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2005
- Citation
- 0513808
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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.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion on whether the Veteran's back disability is secondary to his service-connected pes planus and whether his current thoracolumbar spine disability began during active service or is related to his period of active service.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for the residuals of a right knee injury due to new and material evidence received since the May 1974 rating decision. The claim is now remanded for further development, including a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to September 30, 2020. The case is remanded for consideration of extraschedular TDIU.
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