The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and requests a new VA examination for the Veteran's right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical evidence and clarification of the Veteran's condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic right knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19103801
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,987 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's VA disability compensation benefits were restored for 35 days and reimbursed $1,764.00 due to improper withholding of benefits in FY 2012 and 2013.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for chronic right knee strain and for a TDIU rating due to service-connected disabilities. The claims are being remanded because there is insufficient evidence or need for further development.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his right knee strain is denied, and he is granted a separate 10 percent rating for mild instability of the service-connected right knee beginning October 31, 2017. The appeal for TDIU is remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his psychiatric disorder and degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, have been sufficiently disabling to render him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational background.
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