The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records, determine the current severity of his knee disabilities and TDIU claim, and provide appropriate VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded due to the need for additional development including obtaining medical records, determining the extent of functional loss during flare-ups, and providing appropriate VA examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee injury with degenerative joint disease, left clavicle fracture with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1756713
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for increased rating and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, as well as SMC based on need for regular aid and attendance. The Veteran's right knee disability is being evaluated further, including obtaining an MRI of her right knee.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to address the Veteran's claims of service connection, increased ratings, and initial increased rating for his right knee injury with degenerative joint disease and lumbar spondylosis and spondylolisthesis with degenerative arthritis of the spine.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied as his service-connected right knee disability did not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent, and he failed to establish service connection for the claimed left knee, bilateral hip, or low back disorders.
- Granted
The Veteran's sinusitis is manifested by more than six non-incapacitating episodes per year with pressure, pain, headaches, nasal congestion, nose drainage, nasal sores, yellow and green discharge, foul breath, and two episodes requiring antibiotic use. Therefore, a 30 percent evaluation for sinusitis has been granted.
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