The Board has decided that the Veteran's left knee disability should be remanded for further examination and to obtain any outstanding medical records.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional evidence and information regarding the current severity of the Veteran's left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee meniscus tear, left knee anterior cruciate ligament tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19125463
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 Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and dismissed the claim for tinnitus as moot, while denying increased ratings for lower extremity radiculopathy and remanding several back and limb conditions for further evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for higher initial disability ratings for left and right knee conditions to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities, granted separate ratings for instability in both knees, and granted a 20 percent rating for a meniscus tear in the left knee.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for various conditions, finding that no evidence supported an earlier date of claim or entitlement.
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