The Board has determined that the medical evidence is insufficient to rate the Veteran's left knee disability and has ordered a remand for further development, including obtaining medical records from the correctional facility where the Veteran is incarcerated and scheduling an examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found the current medical evidence inadequate to determine the appropriate rating for the Veteran's left patella fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- left patella fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18159023
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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 claim for service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to his service-connected right lumbar muscle strain was reopened and granted. His left patella fracture is currently rated at 10 percent, but the Veteran contends that this rating should be increased due to worsening symptoms.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left patella fracture residuals is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.,The earlier effective date claim for PTSD is also being remanded as there may be an issue with the validity of the withdrawal of the Veteran's previous claim, and additional evidence needs to be obtained.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess her left knee disability, including pain on active and passive motion testing. Up-to-date VA treatment records should be obtained.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the June 2002 rating decision that denied service connection for residuals of a fracture of the left patella with degenerative disease. The Veteran's preexisting condition was not shown to have been aggravated by service.
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