The Board is requesting a new medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome has aggravated his lumbar spine condition.
The deciding factor: The current medical opinion did not address whether the service-connected disability (bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome) has aggravated the Veteran’s lumbar spine condition, which is required when causation and aggravation are at issue.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD), Lumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19132195
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Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of DDD, lumbar spine and radiculopathy left lower extremity were denied. The case was remanded for further action on the remaining issues.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine, rated at 10 percent prior to July 25, 2018 and 20 percent thereafter is denied. The claim for individual unemployability (TDIU) is also denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine arthritis is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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