The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to inadequate examinations, including a lack of information regarding flare-ups and additional loss of range of motion during such periods.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations were found to be inadequate as they did not provide sufficient detail about the severity, frequency, and duration of flare-ups, nor could they estimate additional functional loss or additional loss of range of motion without being present during a flare-up.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder bursitis with impingement, lumbar spine spondylosis with degenerative joint disease, right knee degenerative joint disease with chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142421
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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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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's diagnosed lumbar spine spondylosis with degenerative joint disease began in service and has persisted since then, granting service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability, prior to August 4, 2015, did not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent. From October 1, 2016 onwards, the disability warranted a 30 percent rating for total knee replacement. The right knee disability was rated at 10 percent prior to January 27, 2017 and remains at that level. A separate 10 percent rating is assigned for instability of the right knee from April 22, 2016 to January 26, 2017.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee disorder as secondary to his service-connected left knee degenerative joint disease, finding that the current disability is proximately due to or the result of the service-connected condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
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