The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for chronic right and left knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence in the record, including a lack of VA medical opinions and potential missing service treatment records. The Veteran's claim will be further developed with additional examinations and possibly new evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional development and examination as per the Joint Motion for Remand (JMR) issued by the Court.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right knee disability, chronic left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180720
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 940 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the issues of service connection for chronic left knee disability and atrial fibrillation.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were dismissed as the appeal is moot due to his death.
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