The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA outpatient treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for a new VA examination to assess his service-connected low back and right knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to properly evaluate the Veteran's service-connected conditions due to the lack of recent medical records and the need for updated examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back strain, Right knee retropatellar pain syndrome, Eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2016
- Citation
- 1645567
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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
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