The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his right knee disabilities are being remanded to obtain additional medical evidence and to schedule a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed, including recent treatment from the VA Medical Center in East Orange, New Jersey. A new VA examination is also required to assess the current severity of the Veteran's right knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral arthritis of the right knee, instability with laxity of the right knee due to arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2013
- Citation
- 1336461
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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 Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the failure to provide him with adequate notice and opportunity for a Board hearing. The issues of non-payment of VA compensation benefits, as well as increased evaluations for bilateral patellofemoral arthritis, are pending.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including post-operative residuals of a fractured right distal tibia and fibula, lumbar DDD, patellofemoral arthritis of the right knee, residual scar on the right ankle, and osteoarthritis of the right foot, have been found to be so disabling as to preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected patellofemoral arthritis of the right knee is rated at 10 percent, and he was granted a separate 10 percent rating for pseudolaxity of the right knee. The Board found that his bilateral hip disorder and low back disorder are not service connected.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and Social Security Administration records, scheduling the Veteran for VA examinations related to his service-connected patellofemoral arthritis of the right knee, bilateral hip disorder, and low back disorder, and scheduling him for a joint examination.
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