The Board has decided that there is insufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran's bilateral knee condition was related to his military service, and thus remands the case for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not review the Veteran’s in-service records or address his complaints of continuous issues with his knees since service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral degenerative joint disease of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148087
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip arthroplasty, cervical spine degenerative disc disease, and bilateral knee degenerative joint disease due to new medical opinions being needed.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral degenerative joint disease of the knees is related to his service as a lookout on a United States Navy submarine, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral degenerative joint disease of the knees, finding that it is not related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional medical opinions are needed to address the Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hip arthroplasty, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, and bilateral degenerative joint disease of the knees due to inadequate previous VA examination findings. The case is being remanded for this purpose.
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