The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and verifying periods of active duty training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty training (INACDUTRA). The appellant's claim will be readjudicated based on all evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a VA examination is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of the appellant's claimed left knee disorder, as well as obtaining her complete service treatment records from her Army Reserves service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee cyst, patellofemoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1522979
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for his left knee disability, finding that a current disability is related to an in-service injury and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of sufficient information in the VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's additional disabilities are related to carelessness, negligence, or other fault on the part of VA personnel. The claim will be reconsidered with an updated examination and review.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right, left knee conditions and back pain as the evidence did not support that these conditions were caused by or aggravated by active duty service or a service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The claim for service connection for a left knee condition (to include patellofemoral syndrome and DJD) is remanded for readjudication, as new and relevant evidence has been received sufficient to reopen the claim.
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