The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and the need for a new one.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a new examination to address the severity, frequency, and duration of flare-ups and functional loss related to the Veteran's right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Strain with Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19154524
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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 Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are remanded due to inadequate VA examinations, lack of flares information, and need for additional records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination to assess the severity of his right knee disability. The issue of entitlement to TDIU has also been added.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee strain with degenerative joint disease is currently rated at 10 percent, effective September 16, 2013. The evidence shows painful but noncompensable loss of motion.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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