The Board is remanding the case to consider whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claim of service connection for a right knee disability, arthritis, on a direct basis or as secondary to the service-connected residuals of fracture of the right malleolus.
The deciding factor: The previous denial was based on lack of evidence of a right knee injury or disease during service and current right knee disability not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1008361
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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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