The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination and updating his treatment records. The issue of increased disability evaluation for residuals of a healed contusion injury of the right knee remains before the Board.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further development to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered and that the Veteran's condition is accurately assessed.
- Claimed conditions
- healed contusion injury of the right knee, arthritis in the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1309984
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection of arthritis in both ankles and knees due to improper procedural requirements.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional records and an updated examination. The case will be returned to the Board for further action.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a clarifying opinion from the examiner who conducted his June 2009 VA examination regarding arthritis associated with his service-connected right knee disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's knee disability is currently rated at 10 percent for arthritis and fracture of the right tibia. He also has a separate rating for quadriceps atrophy and shortening of the right tibia, but this issue was not addressed in the decision.
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