The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination and updated treatment records. The case will be reconsidered after the additional information is obtained.
The deciding factor: The Board believes that an additional VA examination is needed to assess the current severity of the veteran's right knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right knee sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0722211
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for left knee patellofemoral syndrome and residuals of right knee sprain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened, but the Board is remanding the cases of left leg disability, right leg disability, residuals of left knee sprain, and residuals of right knee sprain due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee arthritis and residuals of a right knee sprain, finding that his current condition is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury during ACDUTRA.
- Granted
The Veteran has residuals of a right knee sprain that occurred during service and the Board finds these residuals are related to his in-service injury. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.
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