The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left knee disability is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling an orthopedic examination.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability with limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1709829
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's left knee disability was granted a 20 percent rating for lateral instability from January 4, 2019, and a 10 percent rating for symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage from June 13, 2017, to August 22, 2018. The claims for an earlier effective date, increased rating for extension, separate rating for shin splints, and special monthly compensation were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee disability, a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to March 4, 2021, and in excess of 20 percent thereafter for lumbar spine disability, an initial compensable rating for right knee limitation of flexion, an initial compensable rating for left knee limitation of flexion, effective dates prior to March 4, 2021, for separate ratings for left and right knee limitations of flexion, and a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment during the period on appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that additional development is necessary for the Veteran's TDIU claim due to new evidence added after the SOC, and because the Veteran wishes to appeal this issue. The AOJ will need to consider this new evidence and clarify whether the Veteran wants a hearing on his TDIU claim.
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