The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is necessary to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered in the decision-making process.
- Claimed conditions
- bulging discs with herniated nucleus pulposus at L1-L2, L2-L3, and L4-L5 with spinal stenosis, osteochondroma of the right knee status post arthroscopy, right total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1023991
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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 increased disability evaluations and TDIU due to insufficient evidence regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected right knee conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied increased ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but remanded claims for higher ratings of the knee arthroplasties, hip bursitis, lumbar spine disability, and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction for further development, including obtaining new medical examinations and opinions.
- Partly granted
The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as of February 13, 2018. The claim for TDIU prior to this date was remanded.
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