The Board has remanded the claims for right and left knee disabilities due to insufficient examination findings, including lack of passive range of motion measurements/pain on weight-bearing testing.
The deciding factor: The examination did not comply with Correia v. McDonald (2016) requirements regarding knee disability evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability with instability, right knee disability with limitation of flexion, left knee disability with instability, left knee disability with limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103654
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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 Veteran's left knee disability was granted a 20 percent rating for lateral instability from January 4, 2019, and a 10 percent rating for symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage from June 13, 2017, to August 22, 2018. The claims for an earlier effective date, increased rating for extension, separate rating for shin splints, and special monthly compensation were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee disability, a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to March 4, 2021, and in excess of 20 percent thereafter for lumbar spine disability, an initial compensable rating for right knee limitation of flexion, an initial compensable rating for left knee limitation of flexion, effective dates prior to March 4, 2021, for separate ratings for left and right knee limitations of flexion, and a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating higher than 10 percent for right knee disability with limitation of flexion and a compensable rating for right knee disability with limitation of extension.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment during the period on appeal.
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