The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a hearing before a Member of the Board.
The deciding factor: The case must be remanded for scheduling a Travel Board or videoconference hearing before a Member of the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- internal derangement, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0525572
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all pending appeals due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his claims prior to a decision being made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination for his right knee disability and an adequate medical opinion regarding his bilateral hearing loss. The issues of increased ratings for tinnitus and service connection for bilateral hearing loss are also being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected right knee disability.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for internal derangement of the right knee and bilateral hearing loss were denied as there was no evidence to support these conditions being incurred in or aggravated by service.
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