The veteran's claims for increased ratings regarding the right knee disability and TDIU are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Further medical examination is required to determine the severity of the veteran's right knee disabilities and their impact on employment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right knee torn ligaments and cartilage repair, traumatic arthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0900819
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 Veteran's right knee disability prior to July 21, 2003 was manifested by pain and slight limitation of flexion with minimal effusion of the joint. The Board denied a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, traumatic arthritis of the right knee, an eye disability, and depression/anxiety. The veteran's diabetes mellitus was rated as 10 percent from October 30, 2002 to September 12, 2004 and since July 1, 2007, and as 20 percent from September 13, 2004 through June 30, 2007.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's service-connected right and left knee, and lumbar spine disabilities.
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