The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA and private treatment records, verifying his employment history, and scheduling medical examinations. The claims of service connection for low back and sacroiliac joint disabilities (claimed as a right hip disability) are also remanded to determine if the current conditions are caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current low back and sacroiliac joint conditions may be related to his service-connected right knee disability, but this needs further evaluation from an examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back, Sacroiliac joint
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179280
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
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- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's cervical strain, right knee flexion and extension, and low back disabilities but granted a separate 10 percent rating for instability in the right ankle.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The effective date for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is set at February 1, 1996. The veteran's entitlement arose on that date as he was found unable to work due to his service-connected conditions.
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