The Veteran seeks service connection for bilateral knee replacement, which he claims is related to an injury sustained during active military service. The claim is being remanded due to the need to verify the Veteran's service in his unit at the time of the claimed incident and to provide a VA examination to determine if any current bilateral knee disorder is etiologically related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The claim requires verification of the Veteran's service in his unit at the time of the claimed injury, as well as a VA examination to assess whether any current bilateral knee disorder is related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1010592
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of a VA examination addressing the nature and etiology of the Veteran's service connection claim for his bilateral knee replacement. The Veteran is not provided with an adequate medical opinion regarding whether any currently diagnosed knee conditions are related to service or any in-service disease, event, or injury.
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