The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and conflicting findings, requiring a new VA examination to assess the Veteran's current level of impairment.
The deciding factor: The examination provided by the VA was deficient and cannot be relied upon for rating purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee injury with traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186995
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Decisions by this judge: 1,893 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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 Board has granted the Veteran's claims for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services at Providence Healthcare on April 9, 2016, and June 13, 2016, due to the urgent nature of his knee pain and rash, which were not previously authorized by VA. The next closest VA facilities were over 40 miles away.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not result in loss of use of his feet, and the Board finds that he does not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of one or both feet.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Veteran's bilateral pes planus and right knee injury with traumatic arthritis are currently rated at 10 percent each. The Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted for either condition.
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