The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and requesting a medical opinion from the November 2010 VA examiner or another provider to determine if the Veteran's current hip and knee disabilities are related to his service or service-connected left ankle and/or left knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the requested medical opinion was inadequate and ordered additional development, including obtaining new records and requesting a new opinion from an appropriate examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disability, Left Hip Disability, Right Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2012
- Citation
- 1215060
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability, finding that there is no evidence to support an etiological relationship between his current condition and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his low back, left knee, and right knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records from Mays & Schnapp Pain Management and schedule the Veteran for additional medical examinations.
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