The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a more contemporaneous VA examination to evaluate the current severity of his service-connected left knee disabilities, including the residual scar. The RO will also obtain all relevant medical records and provide the veteran with an opportunity to submit additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that a new examination is necessary due to the veteran's reported worsening symptoms and treatment history related to his service-connected left knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- genu recurvatum of the left knee, residual scar of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0824206
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right knee osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis status-post total left knee replacement, and residual scar of the left knee as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the left knee was denied. However, a separate 10 percent disability rating for genu recurvatum of the left knee was granted. The increased rating for the right knee disability was remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, which the Board has granted TDIU. The issues of SMC based on housebound criteria or aid and attendance are also remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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