The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to a request for a personal hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board). The case will be returned to the RO/AMC after the requested hearing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has requested a personal hearing, and the case must be remanded to accommodate this request as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee anterior cruciate ligament tear with degenerative changes, Right ankle degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1339715
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for eligibility for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation due to not meeting the legal criteria.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left ankle degenerative joint disease, right ankle degenerative joint disease, and lumbosacral strain as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied for ratings greater than 20 percent for right ankle degenerative joint disease, and granted initial 20 percent and 40 percent ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy respectively.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected right ankle degenerative joint disease and depression do not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to their combined effect, as they do not render him unemployable.
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