The Board has remanded the cases for further development, including scheduling VA examinations to assess the severity of the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities. The appeal remains pending.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence regarding the current severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities due to potential flare-ups and repetitive use.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral chronic otitis externa, left knee degenerative disease, right knee degenerative disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18122747
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for other specified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and increased the ratings for thoracic spine degenerative changes, right knee degenerative disease, left knee degenerative disease, and right shoulder degenerative joint disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate reasoning in previous decisions and a need for new opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's knee and ankle conditions.
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