The Board remands the claims for a bilateral knee condition, bilateral shoulder condition, and bilateral hip condition to an examiner for an opinion on whether these conditions are proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected residuals of coccidioidomycosis.
The deciding factor: The evidence is inconclusive as to whether arthritis of the knees, shoulders, and hips underwent a permanent increase in severity and were made worse by the service-connected residuals of coccidioidomycosis, to include a lesion of the left upper lobe.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee condition, bilateral shoulder condition, bilateral hip condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0911271
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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