The Board has reopened the Veteran's service connection claims for right and left knee disabilities, but remanded to obtain additional evidence and provide a medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on new evidence submitted by the Veteran that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim for service connection on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Degenerative Disease, Left Knee Degenerative Disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1743147
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's right and left knees have been rated based on painful motion, with no separate ratings for instability or flexion/extension.,Both knees are currently rated at the minimum of 10 percent.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability, including limitation of flexion and instability, has been rated at 10 percent since January 26, 2011. The appeal for a higher rating is denied.,A separate 10 percent rating for left knee instability is granted, effective from the date of the decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability, including status post reconstruction and degenerative disease, is rated at 20 percent for flexion limitation since January 15, 2019.,An effective date of October 11, 2012, has been granted for the increased rating of 20 percent for left knee status post reconstruction limitation of flexion.,The Veteran's meniscal tear is rated at 10 percent since November 13, 2017.,A separate 10 percent evaluation has been assigned for left knee extension limitation from November 13, 2017.,Left knee instability is separately evaluated at 10 percent throughout the appeal period.,Left knee genu recurvatum is rated at 10 percent beginning December 21, 2021.,Painful left knee scars are rated at 10 percent.,An initial compensable rating of zero percent has been assigned for superficial left knee scars since December 21, 2021.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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