The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for VA examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected disabilities and determine whether they are related to service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development is necessary before a final decision can be made on the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral pain and iliotibial band syndrome and osteoarthritis, right knee patellofemoral and osteoarthritis, thoracolumbar spine strain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2018
- Citation
- 1809261
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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.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for neck and low back disabilities were denied, but the claim for right knee disability was remanded for further consideration.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims related to his thoracolumbar spine strain with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, shingles with post-herpetic neuralgia, and bilateral knee disability. The Board has remanded these claims for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there is not substantial compliance with the January 2020 Remand directives and thus, another remand is warranted for further development.
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