The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a separate disability rating for limitation of motion of the right knee due to insufficient examination and incomplete VA treatment records. The Veteran will be provided with a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examination is inadequate as it did not include range of motion testing in active, passive, weight-bearing, and nonweight-bearing conditions for both knees.
- Claimed conditions
- Impairment of right knee, Impairment of left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1706416
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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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