The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, scheduling new examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected knee disabilities and erosive duodenitis, and determining if there are any outstanding claims or issues.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is necessary due to changes in the Veteran's conditions since the last examination and potential for newly identified VA treatment records. The Veteran also indicated he has received recent x-rays at a VA outpatient clinic which have not been included in his file.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left knee injury with degenerative joint disease, residuals of right knee injury with degenerative joint disease, erosive duodenitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0943424
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for increased ratings due to new evidence of worsening symptoms, and requests authorization from the Veteran to obtain private treatment records related to his disabilities. The Veteran will be scheduled for VA examinations to assess the current severity of his lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, left knee disability, left carpal tunnel syndrome, and right carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected bilateral knee disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new examination.
- Granted
The veteran's antral gastritis and erosive duodenitis are found to be service-connected, while the peripheral vascular disability manifested by skin ulcers is not.
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