The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to inadequate examination reports, and he needs a new VA examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The prior examination reports are insufficient for making a decision on the claims as they do not include range of motion testing in accordance with Correia v. McDonald (2016) and Sharp v. Shulkin (2017).
- Claimed conditions
- stress fracture of the right knee, stress fracture of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2018
- Citation
- 1811078
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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
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating for compensation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities effective January 3, 2014.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for increased ratings for service-connected disabilities of the left and right knees has been dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection and a higher rating for her stress fractures, finding no current left knee disability and insufficient evidence to support an increased rating for her right pelvis condition.
- 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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