The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to inadequate VA examinations and the need for a new examination that addresses specific issues related to pain during range of motion testing.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed to obtain an adequate examination as required by the December 2016 Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR).
- Claimed conditions
- right knee injury with patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1827763
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The increased rating claims for the right knee injury with patellofemoral pain syndrome were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to inadequate VA examinations. The claim for an increased evaluation in excess of 10 percent for a right knee disability will be reconsidered.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain a new VA examination and additional medical records, as the previous examinations were inadequate for rating purposes. The Veteran must be provided with an adequate VA knee examination that includes range of motion testing for pain on both active and passive motion, in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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