The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding whether VA physicians should have diagnosed his left knee condition earlier and if such delay caused or aggravated his current disability.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there are insufficient medical opinions addressing the specific issue of failure-to-diagnose in this case. Additional examination is required to provide a clear opinion on whether the Veteran's current left knee condition was caused by VA treatment or surgery, and if so, whether such delay in diagnosis caused his disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1540062
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee conditions, finding that the Veteran's current knee conditions are more likely than not related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left knee conditions, finding that they are related to his active service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for pre-existing left and right knee conditions, finding that these conditions were aggravated by military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee, left knee, right ankle, and left ankle conditions as secondary to his service-connected left hip replacement.
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