The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left leg disability, including the knee. The remand is due to incomplete opinions and missing information regarding whether the preexisting condition clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA opinion on whether the preexisting left leg disability was aggravated by service or if any increase in disability was due to natural progression of the disease.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg, knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148398
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.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of service connection claims, and SMC claim is also being remanded.
- Denied
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