The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to a lack of consideration of stress from mandatory physical exercises in service and the MRI findings. The case will be returned to the Board after further review.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not consider the repetitive use stress on the Veteran's joints caused by mandatory physical exercises in service, as well as the MRI findings which showed degenerative disc disease and foraminal encroachment.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee edema, left knee edema, neck injury at C5-6
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1704583
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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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