The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee pain due to a possible association between his current knee disabilities and his military service. The RO is instructed to obtain medical records, schedule the Veteran for VA examinations, and address whether any preexisting conditions existed prior to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient evidence to determine if any preexisting conditions existed prior to service without a new examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee pain, left knee pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19147751
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Decisions by this judge: 1,890 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
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