The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination and incorporating missing records into the claims file.
The deciding factor: The RO needs to incorporate missing records and schedule another VA examination to determine the current severity of the right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, residuals of a torn medial meniscus, arthritis of the knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2012
- Citation
- 1214304
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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
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