The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a new VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected right knee disability and consideration of his claim for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the current VA examination report does not comply with the January 2015 remand instructions and is inadequate for rating purposes. The Veteran's claims are therefore being remanded to allow for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the right knee, status post total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1552654
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and increased ratings, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen fully adjudicated April 1972 claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development to assess the current severity of his right knee disability and address concerns identified in the July 2014 Court-adopted Joint Motion for Remand (JMR).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to an inadequate physical examination report and failure to ensure compliance with prior remand instructions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected knee disabilities.
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