The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision requires additional evidence and clarification due to the need for updated medical records and an assessment by a VA examiner regarding the current functional impairment of the Veteran's knees.
- Claimed conditions
- stress fracture of the left proximal tibia, stress fracture of the right proximal tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1210886
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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 revised an April 2010 rating decision to assign a February 15, 1989 effective date for the grant of service connection for stress fractures of the left pubic ramus, right pubic ramus, and right proximal tibia due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing. The issues include reopening service connection claims and seeking increased ratings or earlier effective dates.
- Denied
The Veteran's stress fracture of the left proximal tibia is currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling, and her tension headaches are not compensably rated. The Board finds that an increase to a higher evaluation is not warranted.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia syndrome, stress fractures of the sacroiliac joint and right inferior pubic ramus, and stress fracture of the left proximal tibia have been granted with effective dates from December 22, 1996. The RO has assigned a 20 percent rating for each condition.
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