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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19179912
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to April 17, 2019, for the grants of service connection for right knee instability, right knee tendonitis, and right femur fracture are denied.,The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee instability associated with degenerative arthritis is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee limitation of motion associated with tendonitis with degenerative arthritis is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding whether the Veteran's low back disorder is related to service or caused by his service-connected bilateral foot disability.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
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