The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection of left knee derangement should be remanded to the RO for further consideration due to new evidence submitted by the veteran.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence was submitted by the veteran, and the case must be returned to the RO for its review in light of all pertinent evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee derangement
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0628194
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Decisions by this judge: 396 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
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