The Board has remanded the case due to missing medical records and requests for surgery on the veteran's knees. The claim will be reconsidered after these records are obtained.
The deciding factor: Missing medical records from before service may affect the determination of whether the knee condition pre-existed service or was aggravated therein.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0630537
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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 claims for service connection for cervical strain, back condition, bilateral knee condition, and left humerus bone tumor are remanded due to the need for further clarification of the Veteran's service dates and outstanding medical records.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a finding of a causal relationship between the claimed conditions and active duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral pes planus (flat feet), bilateral ankle condition, bilateral knee condition, and lower back condition as there was no evidence of a current disability or that the disabilities were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, a bilateral knee condition, and a back condition (including back pain) based on new and relevant evidence. The claim for a gynecological condition was denied.
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