The Veteran's right knee disorder, including Osgood Schlatter's Disease and arthritis, is being remanded for further development to determine if it was aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The current right knee disorders are not shown to have been incurred in or aggravated by service, but may be due to aggravation of a pre-existing condition during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood Schlatter's Disease, Arthritis or Degenerative Joint Disease, Medial Meniscus Tear
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1141196
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right knee and lumbosacral strain disabilities have been rated at 10 percent each, but the Board found that neither condition warranted a higher rating based on current evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his right knee degenerative joint disease with limitation of extension prior to April 29, 2015 was denied. A separate 10% rating is granted for the flexion issue from July 9, 2013 through April 28, 2015. The Veteran's medial meniscus tear is rated at 30% effective from July 9, 2013 through April 28, 2015.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right knee disability was denied for increased evaluations from December 1, 2008 to October 2, 2017 and since October 2, 2017. A separate rating of 10% is granted for arthritis with painful limited motion in the right knee.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied reopening of service connection for Osgood Schlatter's Disease and Degenerative Arthritis of the left knee due to lack of new and material evidence, as the Veteran's previous claims were based on a preexisting condition.
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