The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verification of the Veteran's service dates and obtaining his complete service treatment records.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to incomplete information regarding the Veteran's service dates and missing service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral pain syndrome due to arthrosis of the bilateral knees, canal stenosis at L4-5 with associated degenerative disc disease, left shoulder rotator cuff tear, status post surgical repair
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1411297
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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.
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