The Veteran is granted effective dates for right and left knee instability due to degenerative joint disease.,The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded as the Director of Compensation Service needs to determine if an extra-schedular rating was warranted prior to June 13, 2007.
The deciding factor: The effective dates for right and left knee instability were assigned based on the earliest available evidence showing symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Knee Instability due to Degenerative Joint Disease","effective_date":"February 17, 2006"}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee Instability due to Degenerative Joint Disease","effective_date":"December 23, 2005"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19125968
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
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