The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and need for clarification of recent medical evidence.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and need for clarification of recent medical evidence have been identified, necessitating further examination and review.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right knee arthrotomy, traumatic arthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0634411
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · 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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