The Veteran's claim for service connection for DJD of the bilateral knees is being remanded due to incomplete Reserve service records and insufficient medical nexus opinion. The case will be further reviewed after additional development.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical nexus opinion linking DJD of the knees to service, particularly given the Veteran's parachute jumps during Reserve service and prior knee injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2014
- Citation
- 1423719
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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 Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee disability and gastroesophageal disorder due to inadequate VA examination opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee and back conditions due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for DJD of the bilateral knees was denied. The Board also remanded his claim for GERD due to an undiagnosed Gulf War illness.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's DJD of the bilateral knees is caused by his service-connected back disability and grants service connection on a secondary basis.
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