The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for his right knee condition and for a temporary total evaluation due to his service-connected ACL and MMT repair. The claims are being returned to the RO for further adjudication.
The deciding factor: The claims were previously before the Board in March 2015, but additional evidence is needed regarding the severity of the Veteran's right knee osteoarthritis and any extension of a temporary total evaluation due to his service-connected ACL and MMT repair.
- Claimed conditions
- tricompartmental osteoarthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164599
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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.
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