The Veteran seeks an extraschedular rating for his service-connected left knee disability. The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to allow VA to fulfill its duty to assist the Veteran in substantiating his claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence indicates that there has been a material change in the Veteran's left knee symptomatology since the last examination, and thus a new examination is required to evaluate the current severity of his disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee internal derangement with traumatic arthritis and loose bodies
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1515968
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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 appeal for an extraschedular rating, finding that his left knee disability did not present such an exceptional or unusual picture with marked interference in employment.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee internal derangement with traumatic arthritis and loose bodies is currently rated at 50 percent, the maximum allowable rating under Diagnostic Codes 5260-5261. The claim for an increased rating has been denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his left knee internal derangement with traumatic arthritis and loose bodies is being remanded due to the possibility of an extraschedular evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for his left knee disability and service connection for fibromyalgia. The decision found that fibromyalgia was not incurred in or aggravated by service, may not be presumed to have been incurred in service, and is not proximately due to a service-connected disability.
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