The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination to assess the severity of his right knee disability. The issue of entitlement to TDIU has also been added.
The deciding factor: The Board needs additional information and evidence regarding the current severity of the Veteran's right knee disability and whether it prevents him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Strain with Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2015
- Citation
- 1551205
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and the need for a new one.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are remanded due to inadequate VA examinations, lack of flares information, and need for additional records.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee strain with degenerative joint disease is currently rated at 10 percent, effective September 16, 2013. The evidence shows painful but noncompensable loss of motion.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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