The Board has remanded the case for additional development and consideration of whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities meet the criteria for TDIU based on extraschedular considerations.
The deciding factor: The evidence suggests that the Veteran may be unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, but further examination is needed to determine if this meets the schedular requirements or if extra-schedular consideration is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee injury with osteoarthritis, cystic bursitis and osteoarthritis, right knee, compression fracture T7-8
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2018
- Citation
- 1806245
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an increased rating for left knee injury with osteoarthritis is dismissed due to the appellant's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims due to insufficient evidence and further testing is needed for proper adjudication of the claim.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities, including pes planus and osteoarthritis of the right and left knees, are rated at 10 percent each. The Board has determined that a combined rating of 20 percent is warranted for both knees.
- Denied
The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a left knee injury with osteoarthritis, which was previously denied in March 1993.
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