The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including scheduling a hearing and obtaining medical opinions regarding secondary service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The case requires further development as per the Board's instructions, including scheduling a hearing and obtaining appropriate medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee injury with chondromalacia, post-operative, wedge, C-5 due to trauma, right shoulder impingement, left knee retropatellar pain syndrome, right hip arthralgia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1200247
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for right hip arthralgia as secondary to her service-connected left hip replacement, finding reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Granted
The Veteran's left shoulder degenerative arthritis and right shoulder impingement are rated at 40 percent and 20 percent, respectively. The decision grants these ratings.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea was denied as there is no current diagnosis of the condition.,PTSD resulted in reduced reliability and productivity, but did not meet criteria for a higher rating.,Tension headaches did not meet criteria for a higher rating based on characteristic prostrating attacks.,Degenerative arthritis of cervical spine did not meet criteria for a higher rating due to limitation of motion.,Right shoulder impingement did not meet criteria for a higher rating due to limitation of motion.,Left shoulder impingement syndrome, rotator cuff tendonitis, did not meet criteria for a higher rating due to limitation of motion.,IBS manifested as moderate, frequent episodes of abdominal distress and did not meet criteria for a higher rating.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings was dismissed due to his withdrawal of the claim. The initial rating for left knee retropatellar pain syndrome prior to April 22, 2023 is denied. A separate 20 percent rating is granted for limitation of extension of the left knee. An initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee retropatellar pain syndrome (limitation of flexion) from April 22, 2023 is denied but a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5260 is granted. The Veteran's right wrist strain disability remains at the maximum schedular rating.
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