The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's left knee disability and determine if it was aggravated during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had not been provided with adequate opportunities to comply with his duty to cooperate in the development of his claim due to travel restrictions and health issues.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee injury with healed lacerations
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1138043
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left knee injury with healed lacerations, finding that his current left knee disability was not aggravated by service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and further development is needed before a decision can be made on the claim for service connection for residuals of a left knee injury with healed lacerations.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left knee injury with healed lacerations was denied because the Board found that he did not have a current disability related to his preexisting condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
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