The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the current existence of bilateral elbow and knee disorders, as well as their etiology. The Veteran's service records show joint complaints during his military service.
The deciding factor: There are insufficient medical records to establish whether the Veteran currently has diagnosed elbow and knee disorders or to determine if these conditions were caused by his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral elbow disorders, bilateral knee disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1029320
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, a left shoulder disability, bilateral elbow disorders and bilateral hand/fingers disabilities but granted service connection for cervical radiculopathy of the left upper extremity due to a neck disability.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for tinnitus was granted, while the claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied. Several other claims were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disorder, heart disorder, left hip disorder, bilateral knee disorders, and headaches to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to request a pre-decisional hearing.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking revision or reversal of the April 2020 Board decision that denied a motion to revise or reverse on the basis of CUE a November 2017 Board decision that denied service connection for bilateral knee disorders is dismissed.
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