The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of her medical records.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, as well as whether any psychiatric or hysterectomy conditions had their onset in service or are secondary to other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral joint syndrome, left knee, postoperative lateral menisectomy, patellofemoral joint syndrome, right knee, cervicalgia, post cervical strain (cervical spine disability), intermittent muscle spasms, lower back (low back disability), right shoulder pain status post acromioclavicular joint separation (right shoulder disability)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0944964
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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 Veteran's claims for increased ratings for her service-connected patellofemoral joint syndrome of the knees as arthritis and instability, left knee. The RO is directed to obtain updated VA treatment records and schedule the Veteran for a new VA examination to assess the severity of her bilateral knee disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a TDIU is remanded due to the failure of the VA examination to address all service-connected conditions and inconsistencies in the examiner's opinions. The case will be referred to the Director of Compensation Service for an addendum/updated opinion regarding the issue of entitlement to a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal involves multiple service-connected knee and ankle conditions, including myofascial pain syndrome with lateral laxity in both ankles, chronic tears of the lateral meniscus with patellofemoral joint syndrome in the right knee, limitation of extension in the right knee, and patellofemoral joint syndrome in the left knee. The case is being remanded to obtain updated medical records and schedule the Veteran for examinations to assess the current severity of his service-connected conditions.
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