The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for a bilateral leg/knee disability, to include as secondary to a bilateral foot disability due to insufficient evidence in the record.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's service-connected foot problems caused or aggravated any knee/leg condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg/knee disability, arthritis in knees
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18107121
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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)
The Board remands the claim for a new etiology opinion to determine if the Veteran's knee arthritis is related to service or secondary to her service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete medical records and a need for additional examinations. The Veteran is seeking service connection for various eye, back, knee, hand, and foot conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a determination on whether the Veteran's bilateral leg/knee disability, including Osgood Schlatter disease, preexisted service and was not aggravated during service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral foot, leg/knee, hip, headache, psychiatric, lumbar spine, and cervical spine disabilities. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during service or were related to in-service events.
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