The Board has determined that a new examination is needed to determine the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's right knee disability, as well as whether it is related to service. The case will be remanded for this purpose.
The deciding factor: The April 2009 VA examiner did not address relevant in-service diagnoses and evidence, including a June 1998 diagnosis of chronic prepatellar bursitis and other positive opinions by both private and VA physicians.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee prepatellar bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2011
- Citation
- 1127041
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the awards of service connection and TDIU was dismissed due to a final Board decision in December 2021.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding whether the Veteran's current right knee disorders had their onset during service or are related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee prepatellar bursitis, but the case is remanded to determine if any other diagnosed right knee disorders are related to service or aggravated by the service-connected prepatellar bursitis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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