The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's knee strain is related to her military service, specifically physical training during reserve drills.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional information and an opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current bilateral knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19130014
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 appeal was dismissed due to a concurrent election of review options, which is not permissible under the Appeals Modernization Act framework.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for knee, neck, back, and shoulder strains to ensure compliance with a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain opinions regarding whether the Veteran's left ankle ganglion cyst, spondylosis of the lumbar spine, knee strain, and acromioclavicular joint arthritis are caused or aggravated by his service-connected chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome.
- Partly granted
The veteran's service connection for left and right knee disabilities is granted. The claim for bilateral foot condition is remanded.
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