The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's left knee meniscectomy residuals were aggravated by service. The VA is instructed to obtain all relevant records and schedule a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner must determine if any identified left knee disability had its onset during active service or is related to any incident of service, including the documented July 1978 left knee injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee meniscectomy residuals
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18104489
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings and TDIU due to bilateral knee disabilities, as new VA examinations are needed to adequately evaluate the current severity of his conditions.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and granted some, including a 20% rating for right ankle arthritis from April 2, 2022, and separate 30% ratings for left and right knee ankylosis starting May 23, 2022.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for right knee total replacement, migraine headaches, internal derangement of the right ankle, major depressive disorder, degenerative arthritis with IVDS and strain in the lumbar spine, sciatic radiculopathy in both lower extremities, left knee meniscectomy residuals, and left knee instability was denied. The effective date for the grant of service connection is set at June 14, 2014.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has granted an effective date of October 25, 2018, for the Veteran's service-connected left knee meniscectomy residuals. The issue is now dismissed as moot since the benefit sought has been fully granted.
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