The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left knee injuries due to inadequate examination, failure to address lay assertions of symptomatology in and since service, and lack of consideration of relevant medical treatises.
The deciding factor: An addendum opinion is needed from a VA examiner to consider the Veteran's contentions regarding continuous symptomatology since service and the technical treatise discussing the nature of parachuting injuries in the military.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee injury, Left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19179098
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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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