The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to address the issues of increased disability ratings for his right knee and shell fragment wound disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development, including an examination during a flare-up of the disability, is required as per the joint motion of the parties.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury of the right knee, residuals of a shell fragment wound of the right lower leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0930570
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for residuals of injuries to the left and right knees due to inadequate medical opinions in previous decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for a Travel Board hearing. The issues on appeal include evaluations for PTSD, left chest wound residuals, and right leg wound residuals, as well as TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a supplemental opinion from the VA examiner regarding whether any current left hand disability is related to service and whether any right knee disability is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability.
- Denied
The Board has determined that an increased rating is not warranted for the veteran's knee disability on the basis of instability or subluxation. Consequently, no effective date will be assigned.
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