The Board has remanded the case due to additional development needed, including obtaining medical records and considering a separate evaluation for right knee meniscectomy residuals.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further development of the record.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Internal Derangement, Right Knee Meniscectomy Residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1822505
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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: Denied
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The right knee disabilities, right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss are rated at 10 percent each.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability, characterized by severe instability and noncompensable loss in range of motion on flexion, is granted a 30 percent rating effective April 29, 2009.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right knee internal derangement was granted a rating of 30 percent from October 22, 2012 to November 15, 2022.,A rating in excess of 10 percent for the right knee internal derangement is denied after November 15, 2022.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right knee disability is rated based on partial replacement and limited extension. The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain another VA examination in order to appropriately rate the Veteran's right knee disability under the Diagnostic Codes.
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