The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for scheduling an updated VA compensation examination to assess the current severity of her bilateral knee disabilities and obtaining additional treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not provided evidence that her service-connected conditions are related to a specific exposure or presumption, thus the service connection theory remains 'direct'.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the medial compartment, right knee DJD of the medial compartment, chronic musculoligamentous strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1341013
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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
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