The Veteran's service-connected right shoulder, right knee, left knee, and right ankle disabilities are being remanded for further evaluation due to inadequate previous examinations.
The deciding factor: Previous VA examinations did not include all required range of motion testing as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder rotator cuff syndrome with degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis and patellofemoral arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis with bipartite patella and patellofemoral arthritis, left ankle degenerative arthritis with lateral instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18102051
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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)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee, right knee, and left ankle disabilities due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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