The Board has remanded the appeal for further development, including determining the Veteran's duty status between August 23, 1971 and December 31, 1972. The case will be returned to the Board after this information is obtained.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office (RO) requested additional information from the United States Army Reserve Personnel Center regarding the Veteran's duty status during a specific period of service but did not receive any response. As a result, the RO has remanded the case for further action to obtain this information.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic arthritis of the left knee, status post total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2011
- Citation
- 1145442
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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 service connection for posttraumatic arthritis of the left knee due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to his service-connected left knee disability, as well as for obtaining updated medical records and a VA examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been granted increased ratings, with some conditions receiving separate ratings for different parts of their body.,Several conditions received specific and higher ratings based on more severe manifestations.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee disability, finding that his current condition is at least as likely as not related to military service and awarding him a rating.
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