The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examinations and inextricably intertwined issues. The Veteran is seeking service connection for left knee, low back, and right hip conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations were found to be inadequate and did not address all relevant factors related to the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee meniscus tear status post meniscectomy with residual degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine spondylolisthesis, right femur fracture
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19179912
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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbar and cervical spine spondylolisthesis as moot because they had already been adjudicated.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a right hip fracture, also claimed as a right femur fracture, due to inadequate medical opinion and lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for residuals of a right femur fracture, as there was no evidence of malunion, nonunion, flail joint, or surgical neck fracture with false joint.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right hip, varicose veins of the right leg, and hepatitis C, as the evidence did not support higher disability ratings.
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