The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development, including obtaining a report of discharge and VA treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee disorder will be reconsidered after these actions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA did not make reasonable efforts to obtain all relevant records, particularly the Report of Medical History accompanying the Veteran's service separation examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the bilateral knees, Left knee chondromalacia and chondrocalcinosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1409364
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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 claim for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the bilateral knees, finding that her in-service complaints were acute and transitory and that there was no evidence linking her current condition to active service.
- Denied
The Veteran's request for an extension of the temporary total disability rating for his right knee replacement is denied because the medical evidence does not support severe postoperative residuals or major joint immobilization.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disorders and generalized arthritis due to potential issues with causation or aggravation by a service-connected condition, as well as incomplete medical records.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for generalized arthralgia, including diagnoses of degenerative arthritis of the hands, knees, and back, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to service.
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