The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining SSA records and providing a VA examination. The Board will consider the appropriateness of staged ratings based on distinct time periods where symptoms warrant different disability ratings.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not provided evidence that his right knee disabilities have manifested as instability or subluxation, which would support a separate rating under Diagnostic Code 5257 for lateral instability. The Board finds the current 10 percent rating adequately reflects the Veteran's symptoms and functional limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Tendonitis, Degenerative Changes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18120492
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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: Granted
The Veteran's appeal for an evaluation greater than 10 percent for right knee tendonitis with degenerative arthritis was withdrawn.,Service connection for PTSD has been granted, as the evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran's PTSD was caused by an in-service stressor.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 1, 2019, and an effective date of the same for eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found a predecisional duty to assist error due to the lack of information regarding the Veteran's functional ability and range of motion during flare-ups and after repeated use over time, as well as an inadequate review of his history of right knee instability. The case is being remanded for further examination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new examination of his right knee disability.
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