The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection of left and right knee disabilities due to additional development being necessary.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further examination and review of medical records, including private treatment records from Kaiser and lay statements regarding the Veteran's knee injuries during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- left_knee_disability, right_knee_disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18112483
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including low back disability, bilateral hearing loss, left thumb disability, heart condition, hypertension, right and left knee disabilities, peripheral neuropathies in the upper and lower extremities, migraine headaches, and psychiatric disorder. The decision found that there was no evidence of continuity of symptoms or a nexus to service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disability, right knee disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder are not service-connected as they do not have a direct link to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability. The VA examiners concluded that these disabilities are not related to service.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's pre-existing right and left knee disabilities were aggravated by his period of active service, warranting service connection for these conditions.
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