The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling the veteran for a VA orthopedic examination to assess his right femur fracture, right knee disorder, and left total knee replacement.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed as per VCAA requirements to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered in evaluating the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the right femur, right knee disorder associated with fracture of the right femur, left total knee arthroplasty (formerly osteoarthritis and synovitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0739207
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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 Board has denied service connection for sinus bradycardia and remanded the issues of service connection for left eye trauma, residuals of a fracture of the right femur, left knee joint disability, and right knee joint disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU was granted effective August 1, 2008, the date he first received service connection for his disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings and service connection were denied. The Board found no evidence of a current disability or disease manifested by pain in multiple joints, and the lumbar spine and knee disabilities were not related to active service.
- Denied
The Board has reviewed the evidence and finds that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen any of the Veteran's service connection claims for his right femur, left wrist (radius), or left shoulder disabilities. The existing evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.
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