The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a videoconference hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a travel board hearing, but it was not scheduled. The Veteran now requests a videoconference hearing instead.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic degenerative changes of the left knee, post-operative residuals of a partial tear of the left anterior cruciate ligament
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0934487
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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 Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating in excess of 30 percent for post-traumatic degenerative changes of the left knee is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for post-traumatic degenerative changes of the right knee, left knee, and lumbosacral strain due to outstanding VA treatment records potentially relevant to these issues.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 20 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected internal derangement of the left knee, and denied any increase in rating for post-traumatic degenerative changes of the left knee.
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