The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination and adjudicating the TDIU issue.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a hearing and indicated she was unable to work due to her service-connected disabilities. The Board found that an examination should be conducted while the Veteran is not on pain medication for her service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral syndrome, right knee patellofemoral syndrome, bilateral degenerative changes of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1022369
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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 remands the claims for a higher rating in excess of the current ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for separate awards of service connection for left knee instability and right knee instability.
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