The Board has remanded the Veteran's appeal due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues are related to his left knee disability, including a potential increase in rating and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to consider all relevant evidence and differentiate symptoms caused by service-connected Osgood-Schlatter disease from those caused by non-service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood-Schlatter disease, post-traumatic degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148408
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request to reverse the February 1, 1980 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) because the September 2018 Board decision subsumed the earlier RO decision.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability diagnosed as Osgood-Schlatter disease, finding that the Veteran's condition was related to his active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an increased rating and service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, requiring additional medical examinations and opinions.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's service-connected back disability has not resulted in the loss of use of his feet or hands, and thus denied his claim for automobile and adaptive equipment or for adaptive equipment only.
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