The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination and considering the evidence in its entirety.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further review due to incomplete or missing records that may impact the evaluation of the Veteran's knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the left knee, Medial meniscus tear of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2012
- Citation
- 1236583
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for entitlement to increased evaluations for left knee degenerative joint disease and instability due to inadequate examinations. The Veteran will need a new examination to assess the severity of his disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a medial meniscus tear of the left knee, finding that it was incurred in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete VA examination and inconsistencies in the Veteran's claims file. The examiner is requested to provide an opinion on whether any currently diagnosed left knee disability had its onset during service or is otherwise related to service, as well as if it was caused by or aggravated by a right knee disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left knee is being remanded due to a lack of sufficient medical records and further examination is needed.
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