The Board has decided that more evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's right knee condition is related to her service. The case will be sent back for further examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions provided were not entirely persuasive due to their reliance on the Veteran's assertions about her in-service injuries, which contradicts the STRs indicating she had an injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181435
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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