The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development and consideration, including verifying stressors, obtaining a VA psychiatric examination, and providing an addendum opinion on left knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to verify the Veteran's reported stressors, complete verification of those stressors, and provide an addendum opinion regarding the nature and etiology of his left knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellar ligament rupture, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right knee, acquired psychiatric disorder to include major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19122210
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,036 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder, and left ear hearing loss. Other claims were denied or remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete medical opinions and issues related to left knee genu recurvatum. The AOJ is instructed to obtain a medical opinion regarding the right knee meniscal tear and adjudicate the issue of left knee genu recurvatum.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's knee conditions and left knee genu recurvatum.
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