The Veteran's claims for an extra-schedular rating for his right knee disability and a TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records, private treatment records, and Social Security Administration (SSA) income records. The Veteran will also be provided with another VA examination to assess the severity of his right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The claims require further development as indicated by the Court's recent decisions in Correia v. McDonald and Sharp v. Shulkin.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18128521
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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 has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including a new VA examination and obtaining private medical records. The appeal is pending further action.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his right knee disability, finding that the evidence did not support a schedular or extraschedular rating above 10 percent from December 23, 2005.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his bilateral knee disabilities and whether he experiences occasional incapacitating exacerbations due to arthritis.
- Denied
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