The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee, right wrist, and right hip conditions due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology. The Veteran must be afforded VA examinations to determine if her current diagnoses are related to her active duty service or caused by her service-connected ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims were not adequately addressed without further medical examination and opinion regarding the relationship between her diagnosed conditions and her active duty service, as well as whether they are secondary to her service-connected ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee arthritis, left knee tendinitis, right wrist arthritis, right wrist tendinitis, right hip arthritis, right hip tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19150040
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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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