The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and arranging a VA examination of the veteran's left knee. The issue of service connection for DJD of the left hip remains pending.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to address the claims due to incomplete medical records and inadequate previous examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left knee, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0809250
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder, and left ear hearing loss. Other claims were denied or remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's ED is related to his service-connected conditions, specifically chondromalacia of the right knee and degenerative joint disease of the left knee.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right hip replacement, specifically whether it is proximately due to or caused by a service-connected disability, including left hip DJD.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates of February 22, 2017 for both the TDIU and DEA benefits based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
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