The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for right knee conditions, special monthly compensation for loss of use of the right lower extremity, and TDIU due to additional evidence added since the last statement of the case.
The deciding factor: Additional VA medical records have been added to the claims file, which could affect the decisions on these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Total Knee Arthroplasty, Surgical Scar of Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19123222
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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
Effective September 1, 2019, the Veteran is granted a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Board has restored a 60 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected right total knee arthroplasty, effective April 1, 2021, as the evidence did not show material improvement in the disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for an effective date earlier than May 1, 2020 for the assignment of a 60 percent disability rating for the service-connected right total knee arthroplasty and for the grant of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU). The remand is due to issues with the adequacy of the January 2020 VA examination.
- Granted
The Board has granted increased ratings of 60 percent for the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities, effective from the date of the decision. The issue of entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.
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