The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hemorrhoids and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to March 23, 2015. The appeal is not about service connection at all.
The deciding factor: The appeals are intertwined with other issues that require further examination or evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Internal derangement of left knee, Degenerative joint disease of left knee (limitation of flexion), Degenerative joint disease of left knee (limitation of extension), Degenerative joint disease of right knee (limitation of flexion), Degenerative joint disease of right knee (limitation of extension)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19159362
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip disability was granted with an effective date of July 12, 2021. However, the claims for post-operative residuals of right knee meniscectomy and internal derangement of left knee without residuals are being remanded due to CUE motions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for total right and left knee replacements, finding that the osteoarthritis leading to these surgeries is at least as likely as not due to or a progression of his service-connected internal derangement of the knees. The temporary total ratings for both knees are also granted.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right and left knee conditions, diagnosed as internal derangement with knee strain, warrant a 10 percent disability rating since October 11, 2012. The ratings are based on degenerative arthritis of one major joint without incapacitating episodes and removal of semilunar cartilage.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected left knee conditions, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.
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