The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for her headache and left knee disabilities has been remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA examination required by the Board’s previous remand was not conducted in accordance with the specified criteria, necessitating a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Headache, Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19183949
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date of February 29, 2000, for an award of TDIU on an extraschedular basis due to his service-connected back and left knee disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no current disability or sufficient evidence to support higher ratings.
- Partly granted
The Board granted clothing allowances for a back brace and wheelchair, but denied them for a neck brace, bilateral knee braces, pain medication therapy, cane, and walker.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's headache disability, finding that his headaches started in service and have continued since then. The decision is based on the Veteran's consistent reports of experiencing headaches during active service.
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