The appeal is remanded for further development, including a more current examination to determine the severity of the veteran's left knee disability and consideration of extraschedular entitlement.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is necessary due to the lack of recent clinical data on the veteran's condition and to address the effects of pain and functional loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a total left knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0811450
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.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU on an extraschedular basis from July 31, 2015 to October 23, 2017 and for the period from December 1, 2018. The claim for a rating in excess of 60 percent for residuals of a total left knee replacement under DC 5055 for the period from December 1, 2018 was dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the application to reopen the claim for service connection for a low back disorder and denied increased ratings for various knee conditions.
- Granted
The veteran's residuals of total right and left knee replacements were granted a 60 percent rating due to the limitation in flexion and extension, with pain being the major functional impact.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected disabilities, alone, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
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