The Board has denied service connection for left knee and shoulder disabilities, as well as sciatic radiculopathy of the lower extremities. The Veteran's headaches are also remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.,Service connection is not granted for any of the claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the current disabilities are related to service, and there is no competent and credible evidence linking them to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disability, Left Shoulder Disability, Low Back Disability, Sciatic Radiculopathy of the Right Lower Extremity, Sciatic Radiculopathy of the Left Lower Extremity, Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2019
- Citation
- A19001338
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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 service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds no evidence of clear and unmistakable error in assigning an effective date of June 19, 2002.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The claims for service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities are remanded. The claim for sleep disorder (claimed as sleep apnea) remains denied.
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