The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any right or left knee cysts, including whether they are related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reports of continuity of symptomatology can satisfy the requirement that the claimed disability may be associated with service. The threshold for finding such association is low.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee cyst, left knee cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2011
- Citation
- 1142405
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of sufficient information in the VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's additional disabilities are related to carelessness, negligence, or other fault on the part of VA personnel. The claim will be reconsidered with an updated examination and review.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death, as an appellant's claim does not survive their death.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back condition, including degenerative arthritis and cyst, is not related to service or a service-connected disability. Therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee cyst is granted service connection, and her instability rating is restored to 10 percent. The limitation of motion rating remains at 10 percent.
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