The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including providing proper VCAA notice and submitting the issue of an increased evaluation for a left knee disability to the VA Chief Benefits Director or the Director of the VA Compensation and Pension Service for consideration of an extraschedular evaluation.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required due to the complexity of the case and the need for compliance with VCAA notification requirements, as well as the potential for application of an extraschedular rating based on exceptional circumstances.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee chondral defect of the patella, traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0632615
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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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- Granted
The Veteran is granted a separate 10 percent rating for slight instability of the right knee, and his existing 10 percent rating for painful flexion of the right knee remains unchanged.
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