The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for spine conditions and bilateral knee condition due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records and need for further examination are preventing a determination on the service connection of the Veteran's claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Condition, Spine Conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19163827
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Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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