The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected knee disabilities and an examination to determine if he is unemployable due to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The case must be returned to the Board for further appellate action after necessary development has been completed.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia of the left knee with arthritis, chondromalacia of the right knee with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1709132
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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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