The appeal is remanded to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing.
The deciding factor: The veteran requested a Travel Board hearing after the last supplemental statement of the case was issued, and this request has not been addressed yet.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative post-traumatic degenerative joint disease of the right knee, degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine with left hip pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2008
- Citation
- 0814528
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
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