The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and providing a VA examination if warranted. The issues of entitlement to higher ratings for his service-connected disabilities will be reconsidered after the additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- synovitis of the right knee, paralysis of the right sural nerve with numbness in the right leg and foot, gunshot wound in muscle group XI of the right leg with a scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1439506
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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 Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in permanent loss of use of one or both hands or feet, nor ankylosis of either knee. Therefore, he does not qualify for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance with adaptive equipment.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates were denied. The decision also noted that the Veteran's PTSD claim was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's application to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for depression has been granted. The appeal for other psychiatric and orthopedic conditions is remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for synovitis, right knee, with chondromalacia of the patella was denied as his range of motion did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
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