The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability, to include as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and clarification of diagnoses related to the Veteran's reported right knee problems during the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether any diagnosed right knee condition was caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability. Further, the examination report is inadequate as it does not address in detail the current diagnoses related to the Veteran's right knee and their relationship to his service-connected left knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Right medial meniscal tear, Right popliteal cyst
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1740584
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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.
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