The Veteran's appeal involves claims for increased ratings for his service-connected right knee disabilities, including degenerative joint disease of the right knee and status post surgery for torn medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments with partial tear of the medial meniscus. The RO has remanded these issues to obtain additional records and conduct further examinations.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims are being remanded due to incomplete documentation and the need for additional medical evaluations to determine the current severity of his service-connected right knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right knee, status post surgery for torn medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments with partial tear of the medial meniscus, right knee, shortening of the right lower extremity, status post right total knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1024332
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for status post right total knee arthroplasty, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise that it is due to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for the veteran's left and right knee disabilities but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various conditions, including left eye condition, right eye condition, hypertension, left knee, right knee, obstructive sleep apnea, and coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as denied an earlier effective date for CAD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of bilateral knee and ankle disabilities due to incomplete VA examinations.
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