The Veteran's disability compensation for his service-connected right knee condition was reduced from 20 percent to 10 percent, and the Board has now remanded these issues.
The deciding factor: The reduction in rating for the service-connected right knee meniscectomy with arthritis and instability was not proper due to procedural deficiencies.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee meniscectomy with arthritis and instability, degenerative arthritis of the right knee with limitation of extension, limitation of flexion of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127798
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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates related to various left and right hip, knee, shoulder, and other conditions as they were freestanding claims not continuously pursued from the initial rating decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right knee conditions due to insufficient medical evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left lower extremity compartment syndrome, and assigned ratings for the Veteran's knee conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for right knee disabilities and a TDIU prior to March 13, 2020 due to incomplete compliance with previous remand directives.
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