The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to evaluate the current severity of his service-connected right knee and right shoulder disabilities. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to properly assess the Veteran's disability ratings and determine if he qualifies for TDIU based on his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- rotator cuff tear, right shoulder, right knee medial meniscus tear with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802199
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's lumbar strain with degenerative disc disease was granted a rating of 40 percent from August 4, 2017, to January 8, 2024, and the claim for a higher rating since January 9, 2024, was denied. The Veteran's TDIU effective date was granted as of July 3, 2020.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's rotator cuff tear, right shoulder, effective May 19, 2022.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to duty-to-assist errors, and he needs new examinations for his service-connected right foot and peripheral nerve disabilities as well as his right knee and hip disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to the need for more contemporaneous examinations to determine the current level of severity of all impairment resulting from service-connected right and left shoulder rotator cuff tear and back disability.
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