The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and provide proper notice for an extraschedular rating.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed as the case was not properly addressed in accordance with previous Board instructions, including providing appropriate notice and obtaining relevant employment records.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthrosis, status post arthroscopies
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0815143
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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