The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and providing an addendum opinion to address the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral knee and hip disabilities, as well as their relationship to service-connected Osgood-Schlatter's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the bilateral knees, arthritis of the bilateral hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1761220
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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
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