The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The right knee issues are being reviewed, including potential aggravation of pre-existing conditions during ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA periods.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to determine if any current right knee disorders were aggravated by service-connected conditions or due to in-service events.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Osteochondroma, Degenerative Joint Disease (osteoarthritis), Posterior Cruciate Ligament Instability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19138185
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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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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