The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right knee disability is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of all submitted evidence.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded because additional development, including a new VA examination, is required as the current evidence may not fully reflect the current severity of the veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of right medial meniscectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0639862
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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.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's postoperative residuals of right medial meniscectomy do not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent, as there is no evidence of instability or ankylosis. The current 20 percent rating adequately reflects the functional impairment.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal because the veteran died during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for postoperative residuals of a right medial meniscectomy, maintaining the current 10 percent rating. The VA also maintained the 10 percent rating for degenerative arthritis in the right knee.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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