The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence from previous examinations.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities is unclear without updated examination reports that address all symptoms and diagnoses related to the knees.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee limited flexion, limited extension, and instability, left knee limited flexion and lateral ligament instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103402
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee limited extension and instability but denied increased ratings for right and left knee limited flexion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including an adequate VA examination addressing the severity of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities and their impact on occupational functioning.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for the right knee disability under Diagnostic Code 5259, effective August 15, 2016, and denied other claims related to service connection and ratings for the right knee.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted increased ratings for his right knee conditions, including a 30 percent rating for instability and separate 20 percent and 10 percent ratings for limited extension and flexion respectively.
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