The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining recent VA treatment records and providing an adequate examination of his right knee disability. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is also being considered.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to properly assess the Veteran's right knee condition and determine if he is eligible for TDIU benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee derangement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2017
- Citation
- 1701006
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to effective dates and initial disability ratings for various disabilities, including lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right knee derangement, surgical scar from right nephrectomy, and TDIU. The AOJ is instructed to readjudicate these issues with consideration of all evidence added since the April 2020 statement of the case.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right knee disorders are being remanded for further examination and opinion to determine their etiology, as the Board notes that VA has not properly applied the standards in determining whether either of his diagnosed right knee disorders existed prior to service and was aggravated during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of recent medical records and for further development, including a VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for sinusitis/allergic rhinitis and left knee scar have been withdrawn. The right knee derangement appeal is being remanded for further development.
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