The Board has remanded the case due to the need for further development, including obtaining Worker's Compensation records and adjudicating the service connection issue.
The deciding factor: The right knee issues are inextricably intertwined with a potential secondary service connection claim related to Worker’s Compensation records.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee medial meniscus tear, right knee lateral meniscus tear, right knee ACL tear
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19130008
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased disability evaluations for right knee and left shoulder disabilities to obtain additional medical evidence in compliance with prior remand directives.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted ratings for several knee and back conditions, including a 10 percent rating for left knee instability from June 12, 2006, to May 31, 2023, and a 20 percent rating for right sciatic radiculopathy and left sciatic radiculopathy starting January 28, 2025.
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