The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to address the nature and etiology of her knee conditions and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to clarify the nature and extent of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on employment.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1313636
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for his left knee disability, finding that a current disability is related to an in-service injury and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory disorder, rib disorder, fibromyalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and psoriasis due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right, left knee conditions and back pain as the evidence did not support that these conditions were caused by or aggravated by active duty service or a service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between any of these disabilities and the Veteran's active duty service.
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