The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and development of his claims, including a right knee and scar examination.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather the evaluation and TDIU claim. The issues are related to the severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions and need further medical assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral syndrome status-post chondroplasty of the right knee, surgical scar of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19160221
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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
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- Dismissed
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