The Board has determined that VA examinations and opinions are required to determine if the Veteran's right knee, left knee, and bilateral foot disabilities are related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence indicates current disabilities but does not definitively establish a link between these conditions and service without further medical examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee DJD, Left Knee DJD, Bilateral Foot DJD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18128676
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The VA needs to obtain examination reports and determine if the service-connected conditions meet the criteria for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing (SAH) or special home adaptation (SHA) grant due to his respiratory disability, which is presumed by the PACT Act. The Board found that the Veteran does not have a permanent and total disability resulting in anatomical loss of use of both hands, burns, or residuals of an inhalational injury.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability, including DJD and arthritis, resulted in limited extension to at most 20 degrees from May 1, 2007 to February 19, 2009. For the period from May 1, 2007 to August 24, 2008, left knee flexion was limited to at most 50 degrees.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of new evidence.
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