The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disability may be related to a preexisting condition, and thus remands for further development.
The deciding factor: The examiner must determine if the current right knee disability is related to a preexisting condition or service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), Meniscus tear
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2015
- Citation
- 1551964
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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
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