The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination and the obtaining of treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires further evaluation due to the passage of time since his last relevant VA examination and because he has indicated that his left knee symptoms have worsened.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee rheumatoid arthritis with synovitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2013
- Citation
- 1308824
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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 Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated as 20 percent disabling. From August 12, 2008 to the present, a separate rating of 10 percent for mild instability and from July 12, 2019 to the present, a separate rating of 10 percent for limited extension are granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased rating and TDIU due to incomplete development, including failure to adjudicate certain referred issues. The claims are being returned to the AOJ for further action.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee rheumatoid arthritis with synovitis has been rated at 20 percent, and the Board finds that his symptoms do not warrant a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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