The Board has remanded the case for issuance of a statement of the case regarding the issues of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee degenerative arthritis status post meniscal removal, service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine status post L2-L4 laminectomy, service connection right knee mild tricompartmental arthritis, and service connection bilateral hip osteoarthritis. The Veteran has the right to submit additional evidence and argument on these matters.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to procedural issues related to the issuance of a statement of the case for certain claims.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of bilateral lower extremities, left knee degenerative arthritis status post meniscal removal, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine status post L2-L4 laminectomy, right knee mild tricompartmental arthritis, bilateral hip osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2017
- Citation
- 1715677
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