The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities, as well as the claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The reasons are that no VA examiner has addressed all of the Veteran’s knee conditions during the claims period.
The deciding factor: VA needs to obtain an addendum opinion from an appropriate clinician addressing the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities, including bilateral degenerative arthritis, horizontal cleavage tear of the medial meniscus, baker cyst, chondromalacia, and shin splints.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee shin splints, bilateral horizontal cleavage tear of the medial meniscus, bilateral baker cyst, bilateral chondromalacia, degenerative joint disease (DJD) in left knee, degenerative joint disease (DJD) in right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19115329
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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.
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