The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities require additional development due to incomplete records, including a lack of service treatment records. The case is therefore being remanded.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment records prevent a determination on the merits of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteochondroma, left knee joint pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2016
- Citation
- 1628622
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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
Service connection is granted for left knee joint pain and right knee joint pain.,Service connection is also granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because the Board Appeal request was not filed within one year of the rating decision, and no good cause was shown for the delay.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including back pain, knee and wrist joint pains, neck pain, anxiety, depression, as further development is needed to properly adjudicate these claims.
- Denied
The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The claims for service connection for left knee joint pain, right knee joint pain, mid and lower back pain (back pain), and vertigo were remanded.
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