The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's claimed arthritis of the knees.
The deciding factor: Further medical evidence and examination are needed to determine if the Veteran's current knee conditions are related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right leg, arthritis of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0909074
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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for various conditions, and these claims are therefore dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the right leg, body pain, depression, and obesity as secondary to a service-connected disability. The claim to reopen for hypertension and back disability was also denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical examination to determine if the Veteran's current neck strain is related to his in-service activities.
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